149th GCLC Lunch Talk

Merger control and competitiveness: what should change?

During this lunch talk we will assess the practice under the EUMR and whether competitiveness as a guiding principle would have changed decisions. We will also explore when harm to competition equals harm to competitiveness and whether this is always the case. We will finally discuss how merger control could change to support the Union’s competitiveness agenda.

Speakers:

• Nicolas Petit, EUI
• Hans Zenger, European Commission
• Kirsten Edwards-Warren, Econic Partners

Moderator: Bernd Meyring, GCLC

Monday, 8 September 2025

The Hotel - Boulevard de Waterloo 38, City of Brussels, Brussels, 1000

Programme

12:00 - 12:30: Networking Lunch

12:30 - 14:30: Panel Discussion and Q & A

It is not necessary to print the ticket, a list of participants will be used to check attendance.