e.u. antitrust office reject the plan over what it calls serious competition concepts as listen in to what you competition commission emigrated to say. our investigation showed that the merger would significantly reduce competition in several signaling markets and for very high street trends the merged company would have become by far the largest gray in europe and in some signaling markets there would be no competition that's all right so it's all about competition let's talk a little bit more about that with our financial market correspondent paul chrystia blitzer joins us in frankfurt ad to peter klepper from the open europe think tank in brussels hello to both of you and i'd like to start with you peter open to europe of course is known to be let's say quite critical of the e.u. what do you make off today's the tone is the time to take perhaps a victory lap. i don't think this is a good decision weird way of defining competition i think as long as there's a possibility to enter the market even if there's only one player there's effective competition and indeed in the past the european

e.u. antitrust office reject the plan over what it calls serious competition concepts as listen in to what your competition commission emigrated to say. our investigation showed that the.

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e.u. antitrust office rejected the plan over what it calls serious competition concerns let's just listen in to what your competition commission. had to say our investigation showed that the merger would significantly reduce competition in several signaling markets and for very high speed trains.

e.u. antitrust office said it would hurt competition and drive up consumer prices a russian court has sentenced a danish jehovah's witness to six years in jail dennis christensen was found guilty of organizing the activities of a banned extremist group after the religion was banned in russia he denies the allegations the danish government has called on russia to respect freedom of religion. human rights group amnesty international has accused the united arab emirates of providing western arms to yemeni. militias in a report the group says amorality forces received billions of dollars worth of arms from western states and siphoned them off to militias in yemen that have been committing war crimes amnesty also says countries like australia france germany and the us were involved in the trade and urges them to stop supplying arms to the conflict. all right with me now is patrick wilkinson the arms control and human rights researcher at amnesty international a very warm welcome sir now amnesty accuses the u.a.e. of diverting arms to militia in yemen arms supplied by western states like germany so a

e.u. antitrust office in three decades is banned less than thirty why did officials veto this particular tie up. my kind of a saga repeated a couple of times actually that this was just about two sectors of the planned merger which is signalling equipment signaling systems she called it and also the mark of a very high speed trains and the remedies offered by the two companies and this is the part she repeated often what these two companies were able to really do anything about the concerns of the e.u. commission or not willing to do it so it seemed like veiled criticism here but the point is that the e.u. commission believes that in those two areas signaling systems and very high speed trains european competition of someone would be crushed by that move and of course the commission you have to give it to them they are there they are founded and that's why you have you competition law to prevent things like that from happening i think fent just says it is already being criticised for leaving chinese a dominance in the railways sector unchallenged when it face low. we have heard this topic re

e.u. antitrust office rejected the plan or what it calls serious competition concerns. has now announced that the planned merger has been scrapped. or investigations show that the merger would significantly reduce competition in several signalling markets and for very high speed trains. the merged company wouldn't become by so far the largest than europe and in some sickening markets there would be no competition that. these two companies had planned to share a single track on the left is the i.c.e. from siemens and on the right the french t.g.v. train from i'll stop the german and french corporations as well as their government are on board with the merger together they want to stand up to the chinese industry leader and that is c r r c with an estimated annual turnover of twenty four billion euros togethers evens and house them would have achieved just over half that figure the canadian train manufacturer bum body is lagging far behind siemens and alstom warned of the overwhelming chinese competitor c r r c but in vain the state controlled supply of trains in china c

e.u. antitrust office rejected the plan what it calls serious competition concerns. these two companies had. planned to share a single track on the left is the i.c.e. from zeman and on the right the french t.g.v. train from our stop the german and french corporations as well as their governments are on board with the merger together they want to stand up to the chinese industry leader and that c r r c with an estimated annual turnover of twenty four billion euros togethers evens and oust them would have achieved just over half that figure the canadian train manufacturer bomb body is lagging far behind but the e.u. commission in brussels doesn't want the european merger to happen keeping the doors open for competition from abroad benefits you consumers but as evens out some group would almost have a monopoly in europe so e.u. competition commission immigrate of a stogie pulled the emergency brake on the deal. after our investigation showed that the merger would significantly reduce competition in several signaling markets and for very high street trends the merits com

e.u. antitrust office said it would hurt competition and drive up consumer prices. a multi story apartment building house collapsed in istanbul killing at least one person rescuers are trying to reach at least four others who are believed to be trapped inside while the building was home to more than a dozen families it's not not not yet known what caused the collapse of the german presence hug wrote a star in my ear has spoken at a ceremony in the eastern city of why mark to market a hundred years since germany's first democratic constitution german chance on america was among hundreds of guests. human rights group amnesty international has accused the united arab emirates of supplying western arms to yemeni militias in a report the group says iranian forces received billions worth of arms from western states and siphoned them off to militias in yemen that have been committing war crimes amnesty also says countries like australia france germany and the us were involved in the trade and urges them to stop supplying arms to the conflict. all right i want to welcome no

competitive on the national market, but antitrust regulators are expected to veto the deal on wednesday because of concerns about its impact on competition within the e.u. meanwhile, germany has unveiled a new strategy to protect its industrial sector in the face of new challenges. economy minister peter altmaier unveiled the national industrial strategy in frankfurt. behind the snappy title, a change in german thinking. he wants the state to intervene more in the economy to stopop vital parts s being sold o off o foreign investors. reporter: german companies like siemens and others against hostile takeovers. that is part of the strategy which elevates industrial success to the national interest area after recent years saw china by one company after another, the economic affairs minister says he cannot afford to sell high-tech patents to foreign powers. >> i think that when certain countries and specific companies use very aggressive tactics to expand their markett share that we have the right and responsibility to respond. reporter: the economy minister sees a greater role for the state and relief for businesses in areas like energy costs and taxes. m

e.u. will pay morocco just over two hundred million euros most of which has been earmarked to promote sustainable fish and practices in the country. now to some of the other global business headlights india's antitrust commission is looking into accusations that google abuses its popular and droid mobile operating system to block rivals the body has been reviewing a case similar to one google faced in europe that led to a fine of over four billion euros last year. which google is now appealing. german tameka b.m.w. is recalling half a million cars that could be equipped with faulty our bags the safety devices in five and x five series can inflate unexpectedly and injure passengers the company previously had to remove forty year bans made by a now defunct japanese supplier to carter. in germany the interior minister has called for a change in the law that would see stricter conditions apply. two foreign producers of telecommunications equipment is mulling whether to let china swallow way be part of building germany's five gene at work the telecoms equipment maker has close ties to the chinese military one of the proposed changes companies taking part would need to undergo security set a situation and

international market with european commission antitrust regulators are expected to veto the deal on wednesday because of concerns about its impact on competition within the e.u. . even while germany has unveiled a new strategy to protect its industrial sector in the face of new challenges economy minister peter altmire unveiled the national industrial strategy twenty thirty in frankfurt a behind the snappy titles a sea change in german thinking the adult wants the state to intervene more in the economy to stop vital parts being sold off to foreign investors. from a german companies like siemens and thyssen krupp against hostile takeovers that's the goal of the german government's new investment strategy which elevates industrial success to the national interest after recent years or china by one company after another germany's economic affairs minister says berlin can't afford to sell its high tech peyton's to foreign powers. the flow but there is fear and i think that when certain countries and specific companies use very aggressive tactics to expand their market share then we have the right responsibility to respond there's we've done of this originally st

e.u. have been piling up it's a bit like a tech game of jenga chimneys watching the tower start to shake off to a major three investigation and the antitrust regulator in the country ordered facebook to stop combining tator across platforms such as what's up and instagram without consent and in attempts to curb the company's spiritual monopoly in future facebook will no longer be allowed. to agree to the prince unrestricted collection and the signing of known facebook data to their facebook user accounts but the social media giant isn't giving up the german info war without a fight we disagree with their conclusions and intend to appeal so that people in germany continue to benefit fully from all our. shaky ground. but companies also come into the market of german authorities while google plays it only games with the e.u. it's not doing say well over the past google has paid more and find that it did in taxes and it's now to stop forcing manufacturers to preinstall program and google search tools on its operating system. now one of the founding members of the e.u. if switching to another game the french military and public have decided to

e.u. have been piling up it's a bit like a cat game of jenga chimney as watching the tower start to shake after a major three investigation and antitrust regulator in the country ordered facebook to stop combining data across platforms such as whatsapp and instagram without consent and in attempts to curb the companies which will monopoly in future facebook will no longer be allowed to force its users to agree to the practically unrestricted collection and assigning of known facebook data to their facebook user accounts but the social media giant isn't giving up the german info war without a fight we disagree with their conclusions and intend to appeal so that people in germany continue to benefit fully from all our services also one shaky grounds is our message the company's also come into the microscope of german authorities while google play if it only game with the it's not doing so well over the past year google has paid more and find to be you than it did in taxes and it's now called to stop forcing manufacturers to preinstall crime and google search tools on its operating system today the commission has decided to try and google

antitrust analysis for political considerations. nejra: i want to ask about the concessions, the e.u.stom did not offer confessions. tony: they wanted a clear split. say, we give up they wantedtones -- very clear concessions. ,he concessions that were made here are some parts of all stone -- all stone -- all stone -- that did not really happen. tom: every article i have read in paragraph three, they mention china. you have the united states of america in an upper over china. maybe the united states of europe as well. do you buy the validity that they need to do this transaction to compete against china? the e.u. clearly disagrees. tony: i had a brief look at the documents before i came on and in the rail industry, the commission does not see china as a problem. they do not see on the signaling side, a problem with chinese competition at all in the near future. they had similar concerns of an eye -- high-speed rail, they did not see china being able to sell those products in europe. nejra: thank you for joining us with the update and context on this decision by the e.u. commission to b

e.u. antitrust office said it would hurt competition and drive up consumer prices. the venezuelan military has tried to block humanitarian aid from entering the country by barricading a bridge a key border crossing with colombia venezuela self-proclaimed president one goh i don't says hundreds of thousands of venezuelans could die if the aid is not delivered. legislate or investigate greatness or gridlock my way or crumbling highways those were the black and white choices u.s. president drawn presented last night to congress in his state of the union address but it wasn't what trump said but rather what he sold it stole the show in front of the president a record number of female lawmakers staring back standing sitting shoulder to shoulder and behind the president the most powerful woman in congress always looking over the president show off in berlin this is the day. this state of our union is strong.

e.u. antitrust office said it would hurt competition and drive up consumer prices. the venezuelan military has tried to block humanitarian aid from entering the country by barricading a bridge a key border crossing with colombia venezuela self-proclaimed president one goh i don't says hundreds of thousands of venezuelans could die if the aid is not delivered. it was supposed to be europe's champion in the rail industry but it was just too big for european authorities european commission vetoes the merger between german engineering giant siemens and france is all stuff citing serious competition concerns. and a french farmer continues an almost decade long quest against former u.s. agricultural giant months on to use weed killer he blames for his illness. i'm stephen beard zimmer len thanks for joining us it was supposed to herald a global leader in mobility the merger of france's all star with the rail division of german industrial firm siemens was announced well over a year ago and touted as europe's answer to fierce competition from china now all a dream the.