All I'm saying is that mergers that are stopped aren't publicly reported for the most part. They do their due diligence, and if they don't think it'll go through they don't file. The only public failures are the ones where the companies failed to do their diligence on regulations in advance and wind up with egg on their faces.
But apparently the EU isn't actually stopping much of anything, as evidenced by the fact that the T-mobile sprint merger that you brought up went through, which is a clear an obvious thing that they should have stopped but did not.
If they failed to stop such an obvious case, then is strong evidence that they aren't doing anything.
But whatever. Going to move on from this thread because it is clear that you know that this example is a clear cut example of how the EU isn't doing much to regulate anything, which is why you completely ignored it.
The complete dodge on that shows that you understand how much it disproves your point, and shows that the EU isn't doing much, which is why you completely ignored it.
So that dodge is good enough evidence for me, to show me that you understand this.
Again you don’t know if that it’s the regulations stopping it or not because the existence of regulation may well dissuade them from filing in the first place. If they never filed them you’re not counting them yeah? To be clear I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m saying that we have insufficient data to say conclusively.
All we know is there is clear pressure in industry to consolidate, that at some point they stop, and that regulations to preclude further consolidation exist.
