By Jean Comte ( October 13, 2026, 16:24 GMT | Insight) -- A push to boost the EU's defense industry must keep markets open and avoid companies locking up sectors, a director overseeing mergers at the European Commission's competition department has said. Inge Bernaerts said the EU regulator was looking to prevent any vertical foreclosure, market case or "cartelization."An EU push to boost its defense industry must keep markets open and avoid companies locking up sectors, Inge Bernaerts, a director overseeing mergers at the European Commission's competition department, said....
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