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Essential Antitrust #47: Chat with EC’s Daniele Calisti: More room for procompetitive efficiencies?
On 8 May 2025, the European Commission launched a public consultation to review the Merger Guidelines. In this episode, our host Jenn Mellott speaks with Daniele Calisti, Head of the Mergers Case Support and Policy Unit at DG Competition, who is leading the consultation process. They are joined by David Foster, Director at Frontier Economics, and fellow antitrust partner Thomas Janssens, to explore what changes may be coming – particularly around efficiencies and innovation.
While much of what the Commission sets out in the papers released alongside the consultation appears to formalise…
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