The number of Chinese company takeovers in Europe has fallen to its lowest level since 2012, management consultancy EY said on Tuesday. Last year, investors from China bought a total of 119 companies in Europe, according to a new analysis by EY. This was 20 fewer than the year before and, in a longer-term trend, almost 200 fewer takeovers than in the record year of 2016. According to EY estimates, the money invested has also shrunk considerably. In 2023, it was $2 billion, less than half as much as in 2022. However, EY stressed that the purchase prices for the majority of Chinese company acqui…