Samuel Stolton
@samuelstolton.bsky.social
European Competition Reporter at Bloomberg News. https://bloomberg.com/authors/AWTd_b4tFic/samuel-stolton
Email: sstolton@bloomberg.net
Email: sstolton@bloomberg.net
Deutsche Boerse and Nasdaq risk hefty European Union fines after the bloc’s antitrust watchdog opened a full-scale investigation into a suspected cartel linked to listing, trading and clearing of derivatives: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Deutsche Boerse and Nasdaq Hit by EU Derivatives Cartel Probe
Deutsche Boerse AG and Nasdaq Inc. risk hefty European Union fines after the bloc’s antitrust watchdog opened a full-scale investigation into a suspected cartel linked to listing, trading and…
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November 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Deutsche Boerse and Nasdaq risk hefty European Union fines after the bloc’s antitrust watchdog opened a full-scale investigation into a suspected cartel linked to listing, trading and clearing of derivatives: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Scoop: MMG’s $500 million purchase of Anglo American Plc's Brazilian nickel business will be hit by an in-depth EU investigation, with regulators concerned over how the deal could harm the bloc’s stainless-steel industry:
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Scoop: MMG’s $500 million purchase of Anglo American Plc's Brazilian nickel business will be hit by an in-depth EU investigation, with regulators concerned over how the deal could harm the bloc’s stainless-steel industry:
At the EU General Court in Luxembourg today, Apple lashed out at the EU’s attempts to tame the power of Silicon Valley in the most far-reaching legal challenge of the bloc’s Big Tech antitrust rules: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple Attacks EU Crackdown in Digital Law’s Biggest Court Test
Apple Inc. lashed out at the European Union’s attempts to tame the power of Silicon Valley in the most far-reaching legal challenge of the bloc’s Big Tech antitrust rules.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
At the EU General Court in Luxembourg today, Apple lashed out at the EU’s attempts to tame the power of Silicon Valley in the most far-reaching legal challenge of the bloc’s Big Tech antitrust rules: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New: Luxury fashion giants Gucci, Chloé and Loewe have been hit with European Union fines totaling more than €157 million ($182 million) for imposing allegedly illegal price curbs: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gucci, Chloé and Loewe Hit by €157 Million EU Antitrust Fines
Luxury fashion giants Gucci, Chloé and Loewe have been hit with European Union fines totaling more than €157 million ($182 million) for imposing allegedly illegal price curbs.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
New: Luxury fashion giants Gucci, Chloé and Loewe have been hit with European Union fines totaling more than €157 million ($182 million) for imposing allegedly illegal price curbs: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US President Donald Trump won scores of European plaudits today, as he declared that “war is over” after sealing a landmark 20-point agreement to halt hostilities between Israel and Hamas: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
EU Relief as Trump Declares War Is Over and Hostages Released
Welcome to the Brussels Edition. I’m Sam Stolton, European competition reporter with Bloomberg, bringing you the latest from the European Union. Make sure you’re signed up.US President Donald Trump…
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October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
US President Donald Trump won scores of European plaudits today, as he declared that “war is over” after sealing a landmark 20-point agreement to halt hostilities between Israel and Hamas: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
New: OpenAI has raised concerns with European Union antitrust enforcers over potentially harmful conduct by the likes of Google, Microsoft and Apple: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
OpenAI Warns EU Antitrust Watchdogs of Big Tech’s Data Dominance
OpenAI has raised concerns with European Union antitrust enforcers over potentially harmful conduct by the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New: OpenAI has raised concerns with European Union antitrust enforcers over potentially harmful conduct by the likes of Google, Microsoft and Apple: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Sanofi was the target of a raid by European Union antitrust regulators over suspected “anticompetitive disparagement,” in the latest crackdown on firms allegedly bad-mouthing their rivals: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Vaccine Firm Raided by EU in ‘Disparagement’ Antitrust Case
Sanofi SA revealed it was the target of a raid by European Union antitrust regulators over suspected “anticompetitive disparagement,” in the latest crackdown on firms allegedly bad-mouthing their…
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September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Sanofi was the target of a raid by European Union antitrust regulators over suspected “anticompetitive disparagement,” in the latest crackdown on firms allegedly bad-mouthing their rivals: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New: ADNOC's nearly €12 billion takeover of Covestro is edging closer to European Union approval after talks with regulators paved the way for a package of commitments to be submitted as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New: ADNOC's nearly €12 billion takeover of Covestro is edging closer to European Union approval after talks with regulators paved the way for a package of commitments to be submitted as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New: Google will meet the EU’s deadline to propose changes to its advertising technology business after a near-€3 billion fine — but won’t include the full breakup the EU and industry rivals have previously pushed for: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Google Readies EU Offer After €3 Billion Fine, Skips Full Split
Google will meet the European Union’s deadline to propose changes to its advertising technology business after a near-€3 billion ($3.5 billion) fine — but won’t include the full breakup the EU and…
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September 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: Google will meet the EU’s deadline to propose changes to its advertising technology business after a near-€3 billion fine — but won’t include the full breakup the EU and industry rivals have previously pushed for: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
❗ Google fined almost €3 billion by the EU and ordered to stop favoring its own advertising technology services, in a move that risks further inflaming tensions with US President Donald Trump at a critical time in trade talks: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Google Fined Almost €3 Billion by EU for Abusing Adtech Power
Alphabet Inc.’s Google was fined almost €3 billion ($3.5 billion) by the European Union and ordered to stop favoring its own advertising technology services, in a move that risks further inflaming…
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September 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
❗ Google fined almost €3 billion by the EU and ordered to stop favoring its own advertising technology services, in a move that risks further inflaming tensions with US President Donald Trump at a critical time in trade talks: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU Commission ironing out the kinks in its Google Adtech decision:
- Decision still due within days / weeks
- Cease & desist order rather than a full-blown breakup
- Expected to be smallest-ever EU Google antitrust fine
But the 'kink' in question is a biggun'...
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- Decision still due within days / weeks
- Cease & desist order rather than a full-blown breakup
- Expected to be smallest-ever EU Google antitrust fine
But the 'kink' in question is a biggun'...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Google’s Adtech Fine Delayed as EU Frets Over Trump Backlash
The European Union paused its immediate plans to punish Alphabet Inc.’s Google for abusing its dominance over advertising technology amid fears that US President Donald Trump could hit back by…
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September 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
EU Commission ironing out the kinks in its Google Adtech decision:
- Decision still due within days / weeks
- Cease & desist order rather than a full-blown breakup
- Expected to be smallest-ever EU Google antitrust fine
But the 'kink' in question is a biggun'...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Decision still due within days / weeks
- Cease & desist order rather than a full-blown breakup
- Expected to be smallest-ever EU Google antitrust fine
But the 'kink' in question is a biggun'...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New: Italy has pushed back against EU criticism of Rome’s power to block or limit deals, which Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently used in UniCredit's now-failed attempt to acquire Banco BPM. w/ Alessandra Migliaccio & Sonia Sirletti
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Italy Defends Right to Restrict UniCredit’s BPM Bid in EU Reply
Italy has pushed back against European Union criticism of Rome’s power to block or limit deals, which Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently used in UniCredit SpA’s now-failed attempt to acquire…
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August 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New: Italy has pushed back against EU criticism of Rome’s power to block or limit deals, which Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently used in UniCredit's now-failed attempt to acquire Banco BPM. w/ Alessandra Migliaccio & Sonia Sirletti
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But...'should' the #Pfizergate saga end? The Commission has forensic IT experts under its employ who are often tasked with identifying 'deleted' records. For example...
"The Pfizergate saga ends, for now, with the sad truth that seemingly no one can compel von der Leyen to play by the rules of a democracy, in which laws have to be followed, and officials communications are subject to scrutiny, even when it troubles the powerful" @alexfanta.bsky.social writes.
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🧨 New revelation in the Pfizergate affair over Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen’s texts with the Pfizer CEO.
The European Commission admitted to the New York Times this week that it lost the texts only after I made an official request for them.
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The European Commission admitted to the New York Times this week that it lost the texts only after I made an official request for them.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
But...'should' the #Pfizergate saga end? The Commission has forensic IT experts under its employ who are often tasked with identifying 'deleted' records. For example...
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A stone plaque marks the house where the radical French artist lived from 1815 until his death in 1825.
Hidden Belgium: The house where Jacques Louis David died
A stone plaque marks the house where the radical French artist lived from 1815 until his death in 1825.
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July 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A stone plaque marks the house where the radical French artist lived from 1815 until his death in 1825.
New: Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware faces scrutiny from EU judges, after a cloud computing group contested the European Commission’s approval of one of the world’s biggest tech deals: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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July 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
New: Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware faces scrutiny from EU judges, after a cloud computing group contested the European Commission’s approval of one of the world’s biggest tech deals: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
❗ NEW: The European Union is set to rebuke the Italian government for imposing harsh conditions on UniCredit’s takeover of Banco BPM, setting up a power struggle between Brussels and Rome over the fate of the deal:
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EU to Warn Italy It Overstepped on UniCredit’s Banco BPM Deal
The European Union is set to rebuke the Italian government for imposing harsh conditions on UniCredit SpA’s takeover of Banco BPM SpA, setting up a power struggle between Brussels and Rome over the fa...
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July 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
❗ NEW: The European Union is set to rebuke the Italian government for imposing harsh conditions on UniCredit’s takeover of Banco BPM, setting up a power struggle between Brussels and Rome over the fate of the deal:
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The European Union’s crackdown on Apple, Meta Google and others isn’t a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with US President Donald Trump, according to Teresa Ribera, the EU’s competition chief: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU’s Ribera Won’t Trade Big Tech Rules to Placate Trump
The European Union’s crackdown on Apple Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google isn’t a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with US President Donald Trump, according to Teresa Ribera,…
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June 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The European Union’s crackdown on Apple, Meta Google and others isn’t a bargaining chip in trade negotiations with US President Donald Trump, according to Teresa Ribera, the EU’s competition chief: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple is poised to offer further App Store changes to appease European Union antitrust watchdogs who issued an ultimatum after doling out a €500 million ($580 million) fine:
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Apple Poised to Offer App Store Changes to Dodge More EU Fines
Apple Inc. is poised to offer further App Store changes to appease European Union antitrust watchdogs who issued an ultimatum after doling out a €500 million ($580 million) fine.
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June 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Apple is poised to offer further App Store changes to appease European Union antitrust watchdogs who issued an ultimatum after doling out a €500 million ($580 million) fine:
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❗️ TikTok gets €530 million EU privacy fine for illegally sending user data to China, with the Irish data protection regulator warning the firm didn’t do enough to keep information out of reach from Chinese state services: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
TikTok Fined €530 Million for Illegally Sending EU Data to China
TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. was fined €530 million ($600 million) by the European Union for illegally sending user data to China, warning the firm it didn’t do enough to keep information out of reach…
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May 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
❗️ TikTok gets €530 million EU privacy fine for illegally sending user data to China, with the Irish data protection regulator warning the firm didn’t do enough to keep information out of reach from Chinese state services: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
❗ Malta’s “golden passports” program violates EU law, the bloc’s top court ruled in a case that could have transformed the EU into a haven for affluent foreigners at a time when US President Donald Trump wants to entice them across the Atlantic: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Top EU Court Bans ‘Golden Passports’ Sold to Rich Foreigners
Malta’s “golden passports” program for wealthy investors violates European Union rules on citizenship, the bloc’s top court ruled in a case that could have transformed the EU into a haven for…
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April 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
❗ Malta’s “golden passports” program violates EU law, the bloc’s top court ruled in a case that could have transformed the EU into a haven for affluent foreigners at a time when US President Donald Trump wants to entice them across the Atlantic: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple and Meta were hit by EU fines totaling €700 million for violating the bloc's Digital Markets Act following warnings of harsh retaliation from US President Donald Trump. @gmvolpi.bsky.social @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Apple, Meta Hit by €700 Million in EU Fines After Trump Threats
Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. were hit by relatively modest European Union fines totaling €700 million ($798 million) for violating tough new antitrust rules for Big Tech following warnings of…
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April 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Apple and Meta were hit by EU fines totaling €700 million for violating the bloc's Digital Markets Act following warnings of harsh retaliation from US President Donald Trump. @gmvolpi.bsky.social @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New: Procter & Gamble, the maker of Pampers diapers and Oral-B toothbrushes, was the unidentified target of an informal antitrust probe by European Union watchdogs, according to people familiar with the case.
P&G Targeted by EU Antitrust Watchdog Alongside Coca-Cola Raids
Procter & Gamble Co., the maker of Pampers diapers and Oral-B toothbrushes, was the unidentified target of an informal antitrust probe by European Union watchdogs, according to people familiar with…
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April 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New: Procter & Gamble, the maker of Pampers diapers and Oral-B toothbrushes, was the unidentified target of an informal antitrust probe by European Union watchdogs, according to people familiar with the case.
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BREAKING: France's President Macron urges companies to pause investments in the US after Trump's tariff onslaught
France’s Macron Urges Companies to Pause US Investments
French President Emmanuel Macron urged companies to pause investments in the US after President Donald Trump announced tariffs on the European Union and other regions.
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April 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
BREAKING: France's President Macron urges companies to pause investments in the US after Trump's tariff onslaught
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👉Everything you need to know about Trump’s trade/econ tsunami and how the world (and the markets) are reacting coming in an hour here-
—-with Ros, Shawn, Carmen and me.
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—-with Ros, Shawn, Carmen and me.
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Live Q&A: Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs Are Here. Who Wins and Loses?
Bloomberg reporters answer questions about Trump’s reciprocal tariffs and how governments and markets are reacting.
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April 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
👉Everything you need to know about Trump’s trade/econ tsunami and how the world (and the markets) are reacting coming in an hour here-
—-with Ros, Shawn, Carmen and me.
www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...
—-with Ros, Shawn, Carmen and me.
www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...
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Atlantic Council - Join me as I discuss how Europe is shaping a resilient, fair, and sustainable future. From competition policy to the green transition, strong cooperation is key to tackling global challenges.
🎥 Tune in now! www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/europe...
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Europe's Teresa Ribera on the EU’s clean transition and US-EU relations
AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT—Teresa Ribera, executive vice-president of the European Commission, shares her vision for the EU, the bloc's competitiveness, and the US-EU relationship.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Atlantic Council - Join me as I discuss how Europe is shaping a resilient, fair, and sustainable future. From competition policy to the green transition, strong cooperation is key to tackling global challenges.
🎥 Tune in now! www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/europe...
🎥 Tune in now! www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/europe...