BRUSSELS, March 19 (Reuters) - Lobbying group Cloud

Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe on Thursday urged EU

antitrust regulators to temporarily stop Broadcom ( AVGO ) from

ending its VMware Cloud Service Provider programme in Europe,

ramping up its fight against the U.S. tech company.

CISPE, which has nearly 50 members across Europe and counts

Microsoft ( MSFT ) and Amazon ( AMZN ) as associate members,

sued the European Commission last year for approving Broadcom's ( AVGO )

acquisition of VMware in 2023, saying the EU competition

watchdog had failed to examine the deal properly.

It took its latest grievance about Broadcom ( AVGO ) to the

Commission after the company revamped its VMware cloud service

provider ecosystem late last year and asked for an interim

measure.

"In January 2026 Broadcom ( AVGO ) signalled the termination of its

VMware Cloud Service Provider program in Europe. This unilateral

decision removed all but a tiny minority of hand selected

partners and excluded most European CSPs from selling VMware

products," CISPE said in a statement.

"Both cloud providers and their customers - are being

irreparably damaged by Broadcom's ( AVGO ) unfair actions," CISPE

Secretary General Francisco Mingorance said.

The Commission and Broadcom ( AVGO ) did not immediately respond to

emailed requests for comment.

CISPE said an EU interim measure should immediately suspend

Broadcom's ( AVGO ) termination of its VCSP partner programme, allow them

to be readmitted to the programme and include protection

measures against retaliation from Broadcom ( AVGO ).