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.