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Siemens-Alstom merger: Will the EC succumb to Franco-German pressures for the sake of May’s EU Elections?

January 9, 2019 by Chris Anyfantis Leave a Comment

It was yesterday when executives of Siemens and Alstom met with EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager in one of their last attempts to convince her to give the green light for their merge. The European Commission (EC) is now left to decide till February 18 whether or not to approve the merger of the rail operations […]

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