The EU Merger Working Group: Looking Through the Rear View Mirror
This unit was published in "International Cooperation of Competition Authorities in Europe: from Bilateral Agreements to Transgovernmental Networks" Błachucki, M., ed., (2020). The article provides the author's personal perspective on the establishment and works of the MWG and describing the functions of a closed and informal transnational network of European NCAs in the following aspects: policy development and the guidance document on NCA-cooperation; as a platform for the exchange of experiences between NCAs for current issues regarding the interpretation of EU rules; as a forum for new and sometimes controversial ideas and space for discussions in conflict; and as an incubator for building up mutual trust.