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EU to investigate Monsanto-Bayer merger
By EUobserver
EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said on Tuesday that she is opening an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of biotechnology company Monsanto by Bayer. "I am convinced that we need to take more time to investigate the preliminary concerns we have identified in pesticides, seeds, and traits," she said in a statement. The commission opens these kinds of in-depth merger probes several times a year.