Tag: European Commission
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The Draghi report on EU competition law – A welcome attempt to answer Europe’s Goldilocks dilemma
This week, Mario Draghi presented his long-anticipated report on European Competitiveness to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Reporters were quick to say that Mr Draghi’s plans already looked impossible after the German Finance Minister dismissed his recommendation for more joint borrowing in the EU. But this may miss the point of reports like…
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Making sense of NCAs’ roles under the DMA – The Dutch proposal
In the run-up to the enactment of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission strongly defended its exclusive jurisdiction to enforce it. Despite valiant efforts on the part of several national competition authorities (NCAs) who wanted a formal role enforcing the new rules, the Commission’s exclusive competence remains largely in place in the…
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EU and UK take on ‘Jedi Blue’ – Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer?
A big development in European competition enforcement in digital markets occurred today as both the European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced simultaneously that they are investigating the ‘Jedi Blue’ agreement. This is an agreement between Google and Meta (formerly Facebook) that may have targeted a disruptive advertising technology known as…
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EU probes Google’s ad tech business
Another day, another antitrust investigation into Google’s ad tech business. This time the probe was launched by the European Commission (the “Commission”), which has already fined Google three times for engaging in anticompetitive conduct. As readers of this blog are probably aware, Google’s practices in ad tech have captured considerable regulatory attention: the French Autorité…