Vestagerโs victories see her quit on a high
Court wins against Apple and Google seal the EU antitrust chief’s legacy as a forceful foe of Big Tech.
Competition policy
Draghiโs report is the third to sound alarm on telecom competition policy
Large EU telcos said Draghi’s report sounded the alarm over the state of EU’s telecom competition policy, consumer associations and smaller telecom companies are repeating their stance against these findings.
Bruegel: European Commission should build muscle to regulate killer acquisitions
A day after the EUโs top court issued a ruling seemingly limiting the Commissionโs authority to halt โkiller acquisitions,โย influential think tank Bruegel said that EUโs competition regulator should have a stronger regulatory strategy reviewing these….
Europe needs concrete action on connectivity policy
Policymakers have already recognized the need for a new digital approach. Done right, it can take us into a more prosperous, fair and flourishing future.
Econ vice chair Boeselager: Plans for European champions akin to โgovernment captureโ
Damian Boeselager (Greens/EFA), co-founder of the pan-European Volt party, warned that EU officials’ focus on encouraging European firms to “scale up” risks pushing the bloc’s competition policy “in a completely wrong direction”.
Austria nominates Finance Minister Brunner as EU commissioner
He will have to compete against Irish and Dutch candidates for an economics portfolio.
Ursula von der Leyen lays out vision for tech-enabled competitiveness
Von der Leyen aims to boost Europe’s competitiveness through tech, implenenting existing regulation while boosting investments.
The Brief โ For whom the bell tolls in EUโs digital competition policy
The European Commission has been very busy handing out requests for information and preliminary views on what it sees as Big Tech’s anticompetitive practices under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the EU’s landmark digital antitrust law.
EU competition chief warns against Franco-German push to loosen merger rules
European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager has warned against the idea of watering down competition rules to allow for โEuropean championsโ, an age-old idea that could gain new momentum as part of an expected โcompetitiveness dealโ…
New tech coalition, CODE, is growing a collaborative digital ecosystem to boost EU growth [Advocacy Lab Content]
The Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (CODE), recently held its first public event in Brussels, with Qualcomm and Meta headlining. The technology coalition is emerging as a serious new stakeholder in the Brussels digital, tech, and competition poli…
The frontrunners for the next European Commission
Even before the European elections, maneuvering is under way for top jobs in Brussels.
More cash, less screen time: 5 policy takeaways from Macronโs Sorbonne speech
Here’s what you need to know about the French president’s wide-ranging address on Thursday.
Does the EU need to go further in competition policy for tech?
This week we talk to Max von Thun, Europe Director at the Open Markets Institute about competition policy.
Von der Leyen picks campaign team for run at second term as EU Commission chief
Two senior European Commission officials appointed for von der Leyen’s bid for renomination.
Mergers and partnerships: 2024โs successes, surprises, and failures so far
Together with Lazar Radic, Senior Scholar for Competition Policy at the International Center for Law & Economics, and Adjunct Professor of Law at IE University, we discuss this yearโs tech competition news so far
EU raids target top tyre firms over suspected cartel
The European Commission said on Tuesday (30 January) it had launched surprise inspections of tyre companies in several EU countries after suspicions of price collusion.
The UKโs move in competition policy
Since Brexit, the UK Competition and Markets Authority has regained its status as a prominent competition enforcer. As the British Parliament is set to adopt a bill that will increase the CMAโs powers and introduce new obligations on tech companies.
Consultants showered EU antitrust enforcers with free flights and hotels
Documents released to POLITICO show EU officials’ travel bills get picked up by consultancies with a stake in competition enforcement.
MEPs call to ramp up Big Tech enforcement in competition review
The European Parliamentโs Economic Affairs Committee adopted the annual competition policy report with a broad majority on Monday (4 December), suggesting expanding the reach of the EUโs Big Tech law to the cloud and Artificial Intelligence sectors. Th…
AI Actโs last mile, MEPs throw the gauntlet on EUCS
Welcome to Euractivโs Tech Brief, yourย weekly update on all things digital in the EU.
Reynders to take over as EU competition chief
Reynders will step in as Vestager goes on leave to chase EIB post.
Not another American! Meet the new favorite for EU competition economist
Florian Ederer is a newly minted U.S. citizen but also an Austrian โ and has no history of consulting for Big Tech companies.
French rejection of top American economist is a blow to liberal Europe
Emmanuel Macron’s effective veto of the hiring of Fiona Scott Morton shows just how much France rules the roost in Brussels.
Commission to reopen chief economist vacancy after Scott Morton withdraws
The Commission will need to either extend the current chief economist’s term or have a deputy step up in an acting capacity.
Germany brings market investigation tool back on EU competition policy agenda
The proposed reform of Germany’s competition law, which expands the scope and powers of its national competition authority, could become a model for the EU, economy state secretary Sven Giegold (Greens) said.