Vestager defends EU merger rules, says competition creates strong companies

European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager speaks during the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council in Leuven, Belgium April 5, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool/File PhotoBRUSSELS, April 18 - of the EU single market to catch up with the United States, China and other rivals in a global race in new green and digital technologies.

"If you ask me, when you have a beautiful tree, admire it, cherish it, hug it once in a while and you will see that it will keep growing," she told a conference to mark the 20th anniversary of rules last updated in 2004. "Our merger enforcement sets the stage for European companies to rise up and to become champions in their fields. So effective merger control is crucial to European businesses," Vestager said.

"Merger control does not stand in the way of pro-competitive consolidation. In fact, we have given the green light to many mergers that directly produced truly global champions based in Europe," Vestager said.and Suez to create a global group. She also pointed to the deal by Siemens and Gamesa to create the world's biggest maker of wind turbines, which she approved.

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