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Support for Fehmarn tunnel operator is not state aid, Denmark tells EU judges September 09, 2025 | Jean Comte

The Danish government has told EU judges that its financial support for a company to build and operate an immersed tunnel across the Fehmarn strait to Germany does not constitute state aid as it is not a comme... (more story)

Chip, pharma IPOs need subsidy scrutiny, China antitrust advisor says September 05, 2025 | Yonnex Li

A top antitrust advisor to China's State Council, the country's cabinet, is recommending semiconductor and pharmaceutical companies be required to disclose plans for reducing reliance on government subsidies b... (more story)

Adnoc attacks EU probe delays, puts deal in question September 04, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has lashed out at an EU foreign-subsidy probe into its takeover of struggling German chemical company Covestro, saying red-tape and delays could scupper the deal. The Europea... (more story)

Piergiovanni to advise EU Commission’s Von der Leyen on antitrust, tech September 03, 2025 | Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst

Michele Piergiovanni has been tapped to join the cabinet of European Commission president to work on competition and tech policy. He previously served as a senior adviser to former competition commissioner Mar... (more story)

Adnoc to see EU’s FSR probe of Covestro deal suspended September 03, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts

The European Commission will pause its scrutiny of of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s 14.7 billion-euro takeover of German chemicals group Covestro, MLex has learned. The move comes after the European Commiss... (more story)

Ryanair CEO talks up Booking deal in fight with OTAs August 27, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst

Ryanair’s CEO has hailed yesterday’s deal on a framework for Booking to sell its flights as a victory for consumers and for the Irish low-cost airline. He also defended the Irish carrier's lawsuits against EU ... (more story)

SAS's reimbursement of cancelled state aid prompts EU law questions August 14, 2025 | Jean Comte

Top EU judges have been asked to rule whether airline group SAS must pay interest on a state aid that had been authorized by the European Commission, but subsequently cancelled by the EU's lower-tier court. Th... (more story)

EU Commission lacks resources to implement competition policy, top official said August 13, 2025 | Jean Comte

Olivier Guersent, then director general of the European Commission's competition department, unsuccessfully lobbied in February to increase by 2 million euros the institution's annual budget for competition po... (more story)

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South Korean government restructuring promises reform but risks overreach September 10, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Just four months after taking office, the Lee Jae Myung administration has unveiled a sweeping plan to remake South Korea’s bureaucracy, setting the stage for one of the most consequential reorganizations in d... (more story)

Broad risk of M&A call-in remains under EU’s draft subsidy guidance August 11, 2025 | Jean Comte and Lewis Crofts

Companies receiving foreign subsidies haven't secured much clarity on when their merger deal or public procurement awards risk being called in for review by the European Commission. The institution's draft gui... (more story)

Guersent jabs at competition cynics as he returns keys to EU’s ‘Rolls-Royce’ August 01, 2025 | Lewis Crofts, Nicholas Hirst and Anna Ferrari

Olivier Guersent has signed off as head of the European Commission’s powerful competition directorate, serving six different commissioners and witnessing the highs and lows of the bloc’s economic policies. In ... (more story)

Dealmakers eying EU M&A get stark warning in subsidy review of UAE telecom buyout April 14, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst, Lewis Crofts and Andrew Boyce

The European M&A landscape for companies backed by foreign states looks more complicated, in light of newly published documents that show the dealmaking of UAE telecom operator Etisalat — known as e& — will fa... (more story)

ADNOC’s previous EU FSR clearance will help Covestro deal, but by how much? February 27, 2025 | Andrew Boyce

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company must feel its path to EU foreign-subsidy approval for its 14.7 billion-euro takeover of Germany's Covestro has been smoothed by the European Commission’s clearance of another lar... (more story)

Unleashing the EU's cross-border subsidy ‘giant’ is key to growth ambitions February 20, 2025 | Lewis Crofts

Multistate, subsidy-backed projects in fields such as semiconductors, AI, advanced materials and clean tech will take center stage in the EU's push for growth and economic transition, as the European Commissio... (more story)

EU hydrogen bank’s state aid tool is here to stay December 26, 2024 | Stefano Porciello

The EU hydrogen bank’s option to use EU-wide auctions to guide national funding has the potential to align national and EU financial firepower toward common objectives. The tool developed for hydrogen is alrea... (more story)

Nuclear industry still unclear over EU policy direction after commissioner hearings November 13, 2024 | Stefano Porciello

Any hopes in the EU nuclear-power industry that lawmakers' questioning of candidates to front the next European Commission would bring clarity over the EU approach to sector’s future were frustrated again yest... (more story)