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A White House energy official said the Treasury Department will further ease sanctions against Venezuela this week.German Chancellor Merz: Germany does not want to pay the price for other European countries.German Chancellor Merz: Does not support joint issuance of Eurobonds.Market news: A bill to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security failed to secure enough votes in the U.S. Senate. Voting is ongoing.February 13th - Sources familiar with the matter revealed that European companies seeking to expand their scale and enhance their competitiveness against non-EU rivals through acquisitions may see increased regulatory approvals when the deals involve a pan-European scale. The European Commission is planning to clarify the approval criteria for transactions when revising the merger and acquisition rules established in 2004. The draft revisions will be released for public comment in the spring, after which regulators will implement the changes. The EUs proposal to encourage more pan-European mergers and acquisitions comes at a time when companies, particularly telecom operators, are calling for relaxed EU merger and acquisition rules to facilitate expansion. Regulators want to promote pan-European mergers and acquisitions, rather than just inter-country deals aimed at increasing the market share of a few companies. Sources said that regulators will focus on five key benefits of mergers and acquisitions when evaluating transactions: innovation, sustainability, resilience, investment, and jobs. They indicated that companies citing innovation as a justification will be more likely to receive approval, as other factors are more difficult to quantify.
