Following the European Commission’s prohibition of the Alstom-Siemens transaction, the French and German governments published a manifesto calling for a reform of current EU merger rules, in order to shape a “European industrial policy fit for the 21st Century“. This manifesto appears to be directly addressed to the next European Commission, which will be renewed following the European elections this year. The Franco-German manifesto (see here) directly stems from the Alstom/Siemens prohibition decision which…