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Soft merger rules won’t create European champions, says Polish antitrust chief

By Nicholas Hirst and Anna Ferrari ( August 6, 2025, 14:37 GMT | Comment) -- The chief of the Polish antitrust authority believes the resilience of European companies and markets ought to be the prime concern for European policymakers, taking priority even over the bloc’s environmental goals. In an interview with MLex, Tomasz Chróstny made clear he does not support relaxing merger control to foster European champions. He said debates over Big Tech are rightly handled by the European Commission, freeing up national enforcers to tackle domestic logjams.Poland’s top competition enforcer has warned against loosening EU merger rules to help European companies gain scale, saying policymakers in Brussels should instead focus on integrating Europe’s economies. ...

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