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A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Barcelona El Prat Airport in Spain on Feb. 16, 2025.

Ryanair’s bid for EU state aid injunction against Lufthansa is rejected by court

Tata

Tata’s planned €2bn Dutch subsidy puts EU green-aid test in focus

Storefront of electronic retailer Saturn in Cologne, Germany

JD.com gets EU warning in subsidy probe of Ceconomy purchase

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EU competition chief promises 'sharp' antitrust enforcement with new guidelines September 04, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

EU antitrust enforcement will be “relevant and sharp” and allow companies to flourish, the bloc's competition chief said the day after new guidelines for assessing abuse of market dominance came into force. Fo... (more story)

Banca Tercas suffered serious breach in state-aid probe, EU court says September 03, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

The European Commission committed a serious breach of EU state aid rules when it wrongly classified support for Banca Tercas as unlawful aid, the EU’s top court has ruled. However, judges rejected BdM Banca's ... (more story)

Bidders in Greek energy tenders face EU exclusion under foreign-subsidy rules September 03, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

The European Commission is moving to exclude three companies from participating in public tenders in Greece’s energy sector, after they failed to provide enough information under rules designed to reveal the i... (more story)

Ryanair’s bid for EU state aid injunction against Lufthansa is rejected by court September 03, 2026 | Nicholas Hirst

Ryanair's lawsuit to force the European Commission to make Deutsche Lufthansa repay its Covid-19 bailout pending a fresh state aid inquiry into its legality has been rejected. The EU’s General Court dismissed ... (more story)

Tata’s planned €2bn Dutch subsidy puts EU green-aid test in focus August 28, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Tata Steel Nederland’s proposed €2 billion Dutch subsidy will need to show environmental improvements that wouldn’t otherwise take place as part of the EU state aid approval process, competition chief Teresa R... (more story)

Temu gets EU charges for obstructing foreign-subsidy inspections (updates) July 31, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Chinese e-commerce platform Temu could face fines after the European Commission formally accused it of hindering an investigation into whether it was unfairly benefiting from government support. The EU regulat... (more story)

JD.com gets EU warning in subsidy probe of Ceconomy purchase July 22, 2026 | Lewis Crofts and Andrew Boyce

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has received formal concerns from the European Commission over the role of foreign subsidies in its takeover of electronics retailer Ceconomy. The regulator said it had detailed... (more story)

Goldwind loses EU court bid to suspend subsidy probe July 20, 2026 | Lewis Crofts

Chinese wind turbine maker Goldwind has failed to persuade the EU’s General Court to suspend the European Commission’s in-depth foreign subsidies investigation into its activities. The court rejected the compa... (more story)

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Italy yet to trigger EU state aid review of energy plan contesting emission rules March 30, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Italy’s new energy decree challenging EU emissions trading system costs will be an early test for the European Commission, as it weighs whether or not to soften state aid rules in response to a national measur... (more story)

ADNOC’s curious EU foreign-subsidy remedy creates more questions than answers November 21, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst, Andrew Boyce and Lewis Crofts

The outcome of the EU's foreign-subsidy review of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's Covestro acquisition has few lessons to offer dealmakers in the way of certainty, given that the concessions extracted appeare... (more story)

China's new five-year plan locks in for long US economic fight October 30, 2025 | MLex Staff

China’s newly unveiled outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan draws the line clearly: any quick US-China trade détente won’t alter Beijing’s long-term course. A shift in tone — from the cautiously optimistic frami... (more story)

ADNOC, Covestro optimistic on approval under EU’s foreign subsidies rules September 29, 2025 | Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and German chemicals company Covestro are optimistic of overcoming EU subsidy concerns over their merger, MLex has learned. The companies intend to formally submit remedies befor... (more story)

South Korean government restructuring promises reform but risks overreach September 10, 2025 | Jenny Lee

Just four months after taking office, the Lee Jae Myung administration has unveiled a sweeping plan to remake South Korea’s bureaucracy, setting the stage for one of the most consequential reorganizations in d... (more story)

Broad risk of M&A call-in remains under EU’s draft subsidy guidance August 11, 2025 | Jean Comte and Lewis Crofts

Companies receiving foreign subsidies haven't secured much clarity on when their merger deal or public procurement awards risk being called in for review by the European Commission. The institution's draft gui... (more story)

Guersent jabs at competition cynics as he returns keys to EU’s ‘Rolls-Royce’ August 01, 2025 | Lewis Crofts, Nicholas Hirst and Anna Ferrari

Olivier Guersent has signed off as head of the European Commission’s powerful competition directorate, serving six different commissioners and witnessing the highs and lows of the bloc’s economic policies. In ... (more story)

Dealmakers eying EU M&A get stark warning in subsidy review of UAE telecom buyout April 14, 2025 | Nicholas Hirst, Lewis Crofts and Andrew Boyce

The European M&A landscape for companies backed by foreign states looks more complicated, in light of newly published documents that show the dealmaking of UAE telecom operator Etisalat — known as e& — will fa... (more story)

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BdM Banca shouldn’t get compensation over defeated state aid case, EU top court says September 03, 2026
Germany’s €35bn electricity ‘capacity mechanism’ wins EU approval September 02, 2026
Japan's METI seeks $940m for Rapidus in FY27 budget request September 01, 2026
Italy's €285m plan to offset fuel, fertilizer price hikes wins EU approval August 28, 2026
Germany wins EU approval for €75m aid to Stadion Oldenburg August 12, 2026
EU probe into Post Danmark capital injection now open for feedback August 12, 2026
RWE, Spain sent to ECJ by German court over investment arbitration award August 10, 2026
Denmark wins EU approval to back cleantech manufacturing capacity August 10, 2026
EU decision clearing French state aid to archeology institute published August 07, 2026
Netherlands wins EU approval for €780m plan to support renewable hydrogen August 06, 2026
Spanish order compensating JGC for changes to renewables aid draws EU probe August 04, 2026
Goldwind’s pleas against request for subsidy information published in EU journal August 03, 2026
Temu faces EU objections over conduct during subsidy investigation July 31, 2026