AT&T Inc has won approval from the European Commission for its planned $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc, the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier said on Wednesday.

The merger was widely expected to be cleared in Europe but still requires approval from the U.S. Department of Justice. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year, AT&T said.

During his election campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump had said that he opposed the merger, and in January, a transition official told Reuters that Trump was still against the deal.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission does not expect to review the deal, a spokesman for the agency said last month.

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