Jean Comte

Brussels

Senior Reporter at MLex Market Insight

Senior reporter with @mlexclusive. I like: lobbying tactics, tax transparency, financial regulation, transparency & accountability issues, EU budget, and beers

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Articles

Airlines, others received millions of euros in EU fine interest settlements

2 days ago | mlex.com | Jean Comte

By Jean Comte ( June 5, 2025, 13:59 GMT | Insight) -- The European Commission paid out 53.6 million euros in settlements related to annulled antitrust fines to nine companies in the first five months of 2025, budget figures show.
Portuguese dispute over e-mails seizure raises questions over EU approach

3 days ago | mlex.com | Jean Comte

By Jean Comte ( June 4, 2025, 13:44 GMT | Insight) -- A case being heard by the EU’s highest court relating to three Portuguese companies probed by national antitrust regulators could have far reaching implications on the interaction of competition law and personal data in Europe.
Delivery Hero, Glovo fined €329 million for cartel aided by minority shareholding

5 days ago | mlex.com | Lewis Crofts |Jean Comte

By Lewis Crofts and Jean Comte ( June 2, 2025, 11:02 GMT | Insight) -- Delivery Hero and Glovo will have to pay 329 million euros for coordinating their business strategies in areas such as hiring and market expansion, after the European Commission found a minority shareholding had led to illegal behavior.
Vecchi to head EU Commission team reviewing industrial mergers

1 week ago | mlex.com | Jean Comte

By Jean Comte ( May 30, 2025, 07:49 GMT | Insight) -- Teresa Vecchi will become from June 1 head of the unit in the European Commission responsible for reviewing mergers in the sectors of basic industries, manufacturing and agriculture.
Deutsche Bahn gets antitrust hearing date in ticketing dispute

1 week ago | mlex.com | Jean Comte |Nicholas Hirst

By Jean Comte and Nicholas Hirst ( May 28, 2025, 10:03 GMT | Insight) -- The German national railway operator will face off against the German competition authority at an oral hearing set on June 11, MLex has learned. Deutsche Bahn contests a landmark 2023 decision that imposed remedies to its alleged abuse of a dominant position in the train ticket market. An order to remunerate ticket sellers, such as Omio and Trainline, is expected to take center stage.
UniCredit offers commitments to secure Banco BPM acquisition

1 week ago | mlex.com | Jean Comte

By Jean Comte ( May 27, 2025, 09:41 GMT | Insight) -- Italian bank UniCredit has offered to amend its plan to buy domestic rival Banco BPM, in a bid to address EU competition concerns over the deal.
Spain warned by EU Commission for meddling in BBVA-Sabadell deal

1 week ago | mlex.com | Jean Comte |Nicholas Hirst

By Jean Comte and Nicholas Hirst ( May 26, 2025, 14:14 GMT | Insight) -- The European Commission is worried that the Spanish government might try to hamper BBVA's intended takeover of rival bank Sabadell, despite the deal having received approval from both the national competition authority and from the European Central Bank.
ECHR president Marko Bošnjak set to join the EU Court of Justice

1 week ago | mlex.com | Jean Comte

By Jean Comte ( May 26, 2025, 08:47 GMT | Insight) -- Representatives of EU member states are set to approve the nomination of Marko Bošnjak, the current president of the European Court of Human Rights, as a judge at the EU Court of Justice.
UniCredit, Banco BPM take their merger fight to court

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Jean Comte

By Jean Comte ( May 23, 2025, 08:55 GMT | Insight) -- UniCredit has said it will file a lawsuit against the Italian government, to contest the conditions it imposed on the lender for its intended takeover of rival Banco BPM.
Milk giants Arla and DMK aiming for EU merger filing around June 19

2 weeks ago | mlex.com | Jean Comte

By Jean Comte ( May 22, 2025, 12:24 GMT | Insight) -- Milk cooperatives Arla and DMK aim to notify their merger to the EU regulator around June 19, following approval by their respective boards. They hope to get "clarity on the regulatory approvals" by the end of the year, according to a document published today by DMK.Milk cooperatives Arla and DMK aim to notify their merger to the EU regulator around June 19, according to a document detailing the deal published today by DMK....