Italian law preventing the French group Vivendi SA from acquiring 28% of the capital of the Mediaset group, owned by Silvio Berlusconi and Fininvest, when it already controls Telecom Italia SpA, is hindering freedom of establishment in the European Union, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Thursday, 3 September (Case C-719/18).
Vivendi is challenging before the Italian courts the Italian provision which, in order to safeguard information pluralism in Italy, prohibits a...