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Is there a mechanism the EU could use to inhibit acquisition by a non EU entity?
by toomuchtodo 10mo ago
Is there a mechanism the EU could use to inhibit acquisition by a non EU entity?
- atmosx 10mo agoIt’s not a matter of mechanism. It’s a matter of mindset. Until today the mindset wasn’t there. Maybe this will change.
- palata 10mo agoI'm not convinced. If a company owner can get rich by selling their company to the devil himself, they will rationalise it so well that the employees will think it's helping humanity.
- jacquesm 10mo agoThere is in France. They have a government investment arm that will invest relatively small amounts but with a string attached: a veto on any majority acquisition. This was used for instance to block the takeover of Dailymotion by Yahoo iirc. It's a double edged sword: it may help in some cases but it hurts the investment scene overall because an exit to the USA is what most EU investors dream about because their returns overall are pretty crappy. Fragmented markets are a lot harder for investors than uniform ones.
- deaux 10mo agoOf course there is. Google Mush Ryanair, for one. And just 2 seconds of thinking is enough to answer that question. Do you think China wouldn't have bought ASML yet if money alone was enough?
- toomuchtodo 10mo agoI asked to discuss, not because I didn’t know the answer. Please attempt to be more polite in the future.
- deaux 10mo agoThere was absolutely nothing about your comment that indicated this intent. Open questions can be asked for discussion, not closed yes/no factual questions with a singular, well-known answer.