Deals

Europe’s Dealmakers Top $450 Billion in Rapid Time

M&A values across the region are running at near 20-year highs.

The logo of Bayer AG at the company’s pharmaceutical campus in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023.Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

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By Fareed Sahloul

May 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC

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Hi, it’s Fareed Sahloul in London, with a closer look at European dealmakers’ busy 2026. Also today, Saudi Arabia is deepening investment ties with the world’s second-largest economy.

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