European Commission has opened an investigation regarding Vivendi’s acquisition of Lagardère due to concerns that the acquisition could reduce competition on a number of markets across the entire book value chain in French-speaking countries of the European Economic Area and in a segment of magazine publishing in France. The press release dated 30.11.2022 about the investigation is available via https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_7243