As EU Vets Microsoft Deal, Vestager Warns Watchdogs Not to Race
- Antitrust chief says rulings by different agencies can differ
- EU, UK, US all scrutinizing planned purchase of Activision
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The European Union’s top antitrust enforcer warned against the risk of global regulators clamoring to be the first to pronounce on mega deals such as Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion plan to buy Activision Blizzard Inc. and said it’s possible they’ll reach different conclusions on mergers.
“I think that’s a very important discussion because we cannot be in a race,” European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Guy Johnson in Luxembourg on Tuesday. “We need to serve the specific markets where we have jurisdiction.”