Editing Alstom (section)

==== Acquisition of Bombardier Transportation ====
In mid-February 2020, Alstom announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Agreement to buy [[Bombardier Transportation]], the multinational train maker headquartered in [[Berlin]], Germany for between €5.8 billion and €6.2 billion. The deal required the approval by Alstom shareholders at a meeting to be held in October 2020 and approval by European regulators. Bombardier's major shareholder, [[Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec]], had already agreed to the sale.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bombardier-sells-train-making-division-to-french-multinational-alstom-1.5466643 |title=Bombardier sells train-making division to French multinational Alstom |date=17 February 2020 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=18 February 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218012408/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bombardier-sells-train-making-division-to-french-multinational-alstom-1.5466643 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Awards-contracts-appointments/alstom-to-take-over-bombardier |title=Alstom to take over Bombardier |date=18 February 2020 |publisher=Rail Technology |access-date=18 February 2020 }}{{dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In July 2020, it was announced that the [[European Union|EU]] competition authorities had approved the purchase. To finish the deal, Alstom had to sell the [[Alstom DDF]] factory based in [[France]], a regional train division, a Bombardier facility in Germany, and a Bombardier trains division. The company also had to provide guarantees and pass on some of Bombardier's assets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/e1ef9d6f-a0cd-4c9b-a13e-525a728758ca |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/e1ef9d6f-a0cd-4c9b-a13e-525a728758ca |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title= EU approves Alstom-Bombardier deal to create train-making giant |work=Financial Times|last1=Keohane|first1=David|last2=Espinoza|first2=Javier|date=31 July 2020|access-date=31 July 2020|location=Brussels}}</ref>