Competition policy

Reinforcing EU merger control against the risks of acquisitions by big tech

The burden of proving that a merger is not anti-competitive should be shifted onto gatekeepers

On tech regulation, the European Union should be bolder

The EU should stop apologising for its tech laws, promoting instead their stabilising and fair-competition aspects

Updated assessment: Memo to the commissioner responsible for defence

Updated assessment: Memos to the commissioners responsible for the internal market, industrial policy and competition

A fork in the road for EU competition policy

In her instructions to the incoming EU competition commissioner, Ursula von der Leyen equivocates on the issue of national champions

Making the most of the new EU Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships

With the right governance, proposed EU Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships could boost clean industrialisation domestically and globally

Draghi’s message: sharing economic sovereignty is hard but possible

European public goods should be the linchpin of a new political and institutional contract

A circular single market for sustainable competitiveness

The Draghi report’s focus on critical raw materials misses the contribution of resource efficiency to productivity

A European circular single market for economic security and competitiveness

This Policy Brief gives an overview of the environmental and economic cases for Europe to improve resource efficiency

The Draghi report and competition policy

The long-awaited Draghi report is a boost to robust competition enforcement

The three pillars of effective European Union competition policy

This Policy Brief clarifies the relationship between competition and industrial policy, and shows that there is in fact no tension

Memo to the commissioner responsible for defence

Memo to the commissioner responsible for competition