On Wednesday 21 March, the European Commission conditionally approved the acquisition of the US company Monsanto by Germany's Bayer.
The acquisition, which has made waves among civil society, illustrated in particular by campaigns carried out by environmental protection NGOs (see EUROPE 11846, 11895), was notified to the European Commission on 30 June of last year, before becoming the subject of an in-depth investigation launched by the institution on 22 August (see EUROPE 11845).
The...