EU’s merger guidelines won’t change approach in Germany, Italy, enforcers say
By Lewis Crofts ( September 23, 2026, 15:33 GMT | Insight) -- The new guidelines for how EU competition regulators should consider mergers due this year won’t impact the assessment in Germany and Italy where forward-looking factors are already part of the review, national enforcers said. However, Andreas Mundt, president of Germany’s competition authority, repeated his warning against opening up deal assessment to political considerations.The new guidelines for how EU competition regulators should consider mergers due this year are unlikely to impact the assessment in Germany and Italy where forward-looking factors are already part of the review process, senior regulators from the two countries said....
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