Editing Economy of Germany (section)

===Mergers and acquisitions===
Since German reunification, there have been 52,258 mergers or acquisitions deals inbound or outbound in Germany. The most active year in terms of value was 1999 with a total value of 48 billion EUR, twice as much as the runner up which was 2006 with 24 billion EUR (see graphic "M&A in Germany").

Here is a list of the top 10 deals (ranked by value) that include a German company. The Vodafone–Mannesmann deal is still the biggest deal in global history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://imaa-institute.org/mergers-acquisitions-germany/|title=Information and Statistics about Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Germany|work=IMAA-Institute|access-date=2018-02-22|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222225950/https://imaa-institute.org/mergers-acquisitions-germany/|archive-date=22 February 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Date
!Acquirer
!Acquirer Nation
!Target
!Target Nation
!Value<br>(bil. USD)
|-
|1
|14 Nov 1999
|Vodafone AirTouch PLC
|United Kingdom
|Mannesmann AG
|Germany
|202.79
|-
|2
|18 May 2016
|Bayer AG
|Germany
|Monsanto Co
|United States
|56.60
|-
|3
|6 May 1998
|Daimler-Benz AG
|Germany
|Chrysler Corp
|United States
|40.47
|-
|4
|16 Aug 2016
|Linde AG
|Germany
|Praxair Inc
|United States
|35.16
|-
|5
|21 Oct 1999
|Mannesmann AG
|Germany
|Orange PLC
|United Kingdom
|32.59
|-
|6
|24 Jul 2000
|Deutsche Telekom AG
|Germany
|VoiceStream Wireless Corp
|United States
|29.40
|-
|7
|17 May 1999
|Rhone-Poulenc SA
|France
|Hoechst AG
|Germany
|21.92
|-
|8
|23 Mar 2006
|Bayer AG
|Germany
|Schering AG
|Germany
|21.40
|-
|9
|01 Apr 2001
|Allianz AG
|Germany
|Dresdner Bank AG
|Germany
|19.66
|-
|10
|30 May 2005
|Unicredito Italiano SpA
|Italy
|Bayerische Hypo- und Vereins
|Germany
|18.26
|}