Comment / Without Schenker, nothing worth breaking up at Deutsche Bahn

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We see it with academics and regulators all the time: what theoretically makes perfect sense on paper, often doesn’t work in reality.

A sector report published last week on the German railway “markets pursuant to Sec. 78 of the Railway Regulation Act, July 4, 2023” is a case in point.

Enter Deutsche Bahn and, by default, the destiny of its freight forwarding and logistics arm DB Schenker, which has been on the block seemingly forever now.

The full body of the Monopolkommission missive ...