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German gvnt to toughen rules to protect German 'know-how' from foreign takeovers
TheLocal.de ^ | 12 July 2017 10:50 CEST+02:00 | AFP/The Local

Posted on 07/12/2017 7:55:17 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Angela Merkel’s cabinet agreed on Wednesday to tighten scrutiny on takeovers of companies in strategic industries by buyers outside the EU, the Economy Ministry said, reacting to Europe-wide disquiet over Chinese takeovers.

New regulations will allow Berlin more time to probe takeover bids, especially in sectors affecting critical infrastructure, and extend the range of deals eligible for examination by the authorities.

“We remain one of the most open economies in the world, but we also have an eye on fair competition. We owe that to our companies,” Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries said in a statement. “In the future, reporting requirements and more time to examine deals will provide more protection and reciprocity for companies in critical infrastructure.”

The new rules extend takeover probes to include companies providing services or software to strategic sectors including electricity grids, nuclear power plants, water supplies, telecoms networks, hospitals and airports. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; europe; eussr; germany; protectionism; redchina; socialmarketeconomy; takeovers

1 posted on 07/12/2017 7:55:17 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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But not protect itself from the Islamic invasion — Islamists with German technology — not good.


2 posted on 07/12/2017 7:57:18 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric
"...islamists with German technology — not good."

"The Ultimate Driving Dying Machine"

3 posted on 07/12/2017 8:02:24 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Gene Eric

Yep. Like putting an extra deadbolt on your front door after you remove your back door.


4 posted on 07/12/2017 8:03:51 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: Olog-hai

Gonna get graphic here but....

Angela Merkel’s privates never saw anything not made by a machine....

That is why she could give a rat’s rear end about the future of her country....

All of the suicidal countries in europe and the west seem to be headed by the “childless eunuch class”, just look what happened in China when a similar situation occurred from the 1400’s till about the 1800’s ...

And then add in easy transport of millions of savages....

Think fall of Rome only accelerated and instead of having a culture that wanted to adopt certain aspects of roman culture we have a mass of inbred savages that do not want to adopt anything except the technological goodies and the social programs they can use to build their “hatchery”


5 posted on 07/12/2017 8:04:31 AM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: Olog-hai

What kind of “know how” is the sole property of Germans? The finest recipe for schnitzel?


6 posted on 07/12/2017 8:07:24 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

Their good at concentration camps.


7 posted on 07/12/2017 8:10:20 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: JimRed
The Liechtensteiner polka ?
8 posted on 07/12/2017 8:15:04 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Olog-hai

Yes, because protecting critcal infrastructure and industry from foreign interests, while unleashing a plague of muslims who will take Germany into the 7th century within a generation seems like a real worthwhile cause.


9 posted on 07/12/2017 8:19:45 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it. MAGA!)
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To: Eddie01
" Their good at concentration camps."

Concentration camps were first used by the BRITISH during the Boer war. That's where they starved, beat, killed women & children in these camps because their husbands, brothers & uncles were defending their farms & homes from British aggression.

Now the Brits are not even defening their own island from a takeover by the Pakistani WOGS!!!!

Can anyone say PAYBACK!!!

10 posted on 07/12/2017 10:13:34 AM PDT by crazy scenario ( We can't take you anywhere!)
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