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German antitrust rules no longer at risk of EU harmonization, watchdog head says

By Nicholas Hirst ( January 20, 2026, 16:33 GMT | Insight) -- Germany’s special competition regime for digital platforms and France’s “economic dependency” rules are no longer at risk of disappearing under a mooted harmonization of European competition rules, the head of Germany's Federal Cartel Office has said. President Andreas Mundt also said US President Donald Trump's comments on involving himself in Netflix’s bid for Warner Bros. Discovery were “significant” and “very, very dangerous.”Germany’s special competition regime for digital platforms and France’s “economic dependency” rules are no longer at risk of disappearing under a mooted harmonization of European competition rules, the head of Germany's Federal Cartel Office has said....

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