U.K. Demands No ‘Political Interference’ in NYSE-Deutsche Boerse

European antitrust regulators must avoid “political interference” as they rule on a proposed merger between Germany’s Deutsche Boerse AG and NYSE Euronext, U.K. Treasury Minister Mark Hoban said in the text of a speech.

NYSE, based in New York and operator of stock markets in Paris, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Brussels and the U.K.’s derivatives exchange, and Deutsche Boerse appealed directly to European Commission President Jose Barroso last week to try and salvage a merger, arguing a European Union ban would harm the continent’s exchanges and drive business away.