mergers | Bruegel

Blog Post

European champion-ships: industrial champions and competition policy

This blog post investigates the debate on whether European competition rules should foster European industrial champions, or allow national champions to grow to a European scale. It explores the criteria that one would intuitively ascribe to industrial champions, illustrating the difficulties in defining either ‘European’ or ‘Champion’. It then conducts a brief look into whether EU Merger decisions have impeded the formation of ‘European Champions’.

By: Mathew Heim, Catarina Midões and Bruegel Topic: Digital economy and innovation Date: July 26, 2019

Blog Post

The Alstom-Siemens merger and the need for European champions

What’s at stake: The European Commission blocked the merger between Alstom and Siemens, triggering the ire of the French and German governments. A Franco-German proposal to revamp merger control in the EU has given rise to a lively debate on the need for European champions.

By: Konstantinos Efstathiou and Bruegel Topic: Digital economy and innovation Date: March 11, 2019

Blog Post

European bank mergers: domestic or cross-border?

As the European economy recovers from the global financial crisis, bank mergers are back on the agenda. While cross-border mergers have been predicted before, most European bank mergers have been domestic until now. What are the odds of cross-border mergers in the upcoming bank-consolidation wave?

By: Patty Duijm, Dirk Schoenmaker and Bruegel Topic: Banking and capital markets Date: June 21, 2018

Past Event

Mergers and innovation

At this closed-door, off-the-record event we will discuss the impact that mergers have on innovation.

Speakers: Justus Haucap, Carles Esteva Mosso, Jorge Padilla, Reinhilde Veugelers and Bruegel Topic: Digital economy and innovation Location: Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels Date: November 29, 2017