EU trustbuster warns against ‘big is beautiful’ merger push
Olivier Guersent is stepping down after five years leading the bloc’s powerful competition department
Olivier Guersent is stepping down after five years leading the bloc’s powerful competition department

The EU’s rewrite of merger guidelines has become a battleground for how much leeway companies should have on M&A

Document formalising last month’s deal delayed by squabbles over language on ‘non-tariff barriers’, the bloc’s officials say

US legal doctrine shies away from structural remedies but the behavioural ones aren’t working

A bigger priority is completing the single market and streamlining corporate law

Several failed banking takeovers have prompted Brussels to consider changes to bloc’s rules

Tensions over regulation add to geopolitical upheaval, dashing hopes of more certainty