There you have it. The EU donkeys falling for the carrot on the stick and unbeknownst to them, they have approved a horizontally integrated merger that is a bad deal for gamers and competition.
The EU has done may silly decisions like their recent AI act legislation, but this one is their biggest error yet which they have failed to stop the further consolidation of large existing multi-billion dollar games companies.
The EU is know to give in to bribes so easily and €5M in bribes is just beyond pathetic to approve this.