Backlash continues over the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decision to block Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard, leaving the company behind Xbox, which will seek to appeal this move. And now the UK government itself is coming out to have its say, criticizing Microsoft president, Brad Smith, pointing out that he was wrong to say that the CMA blockade was “bad for the UK”. .
that statement he delivered British Prime Minister’s spokesman, Rishi Sunak, said that “these claims do not match the facts”. It should be remembered that during an interview with the BBC shortly after the CMA gave its decision, Smith said, in a slightly irritated tone, that “there is a clear message here: the European Union is a more attractive place to start a business than the UK,” adding that it would “with taking a close look at the CMA’s role and regulatory structure” in the UK in light of its decision to block the deal, which has left “people’s trust in technology badly shaken.” in the United States of America”.
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And in response to this, the prime minister’s spokesperson said that the CMA is an independent government agency and will continue to engage with Microsoft as the company begins its long journey to appeal, which will be long and which some analysts say is doable. continued to pause its purchase of Activision until at least 224, a company that for its part, went further and publicly stated that it “will be reconsidering our growth plans for the UK” as a result of the blockade of operations.
Those words were conveyed by a spokesperson for Activision Blizzard, who stated that “the CMA report contradicts the UK’s ambitions to be an attractive country for building technology businesses. We will work aggressively with Microsoft to reverse this on appeal. The report’s findings hurt citizens. Britain, which faces increasingly dismal economic prospects”.
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