By Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst ( October 23, 2026, 13:53 GMT | Comment) -- Europe’s system for reviewing M&A activity is built on “mutual trust,” and “any circumstance” to undermine it endangers the entire architecture, the EU enforcer has said. By turning up the heat on KKR and Kingspan over “misleading or incorrect” information during merger reviews, the European Commission is sending a renewed message of “rigorous enforcement” over procedural propriety.Europe’s system for reviewing M&A activity is built on “mutual trust,” and “any circumstance” to undermine it endangers the entire architecture, the EU’s enforcer has said....
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