Digital economy

The European Union needs more than the digital omnibus to make digital services competitive

European Commission plans to streamline digital rules introduce new inconsistences and fall far short of transformative reform

Bertin Martens

Inside the Nexperia crisis: what it means for Europe’s tech sovereignty

A story of semiconductors, geopolitics and Europe’s struggle to define its economic security in a world of rising US-China tensions

Alicia García-Herrero, Marc Hijink and Yuyun Zhan

Colonialism 4.0 and Coloniality 4.0

Mario Mariniello

The challenge of AI encroachment into online search and advertising

AI-driven answers erode search engine dominance and highlight the need for new strategies to promote competition in digital markets

Bertin Martens

Efficiency and distribution in the European Union’s digital deregulation push

A new framework shows how EU digital reforms must balance efficiency with transparent recognition of distributive consequences

Mario Mariniello

The European Commission’s Digital Omnibus could increase risks, not growth

Changes floated to the EU AI and data protection framework jeopardise fundamental protection rights without enhancing European digital competitiveness

Mario Mariniello

It is time for an independent European Digital Authority

The European Commission cannot simultaneously be both a political body and a credible regulatory watchdog

Mario Mariniello

The European Union is still caught in an AI copyright bind

Tweaks to EU copyright requirements in the AI Act Code of Practice will maintain the AI growth momentum, for now – but will also create new challenges

Bertin Martens

Access Pricing for App Stores Under the DMA

Jacques Crémer, David Dinielli, Paul Heidhues, Gene Kimmelman, Giorgio Monti, Margaret O'Grady, Rupprecht Podszun, Monika Schnitzer, Fiona M. Scott Morton and Alexandre de Streel

Digital euro: why now and what's next

ECB’s Cipollone and Spain’s Hernández de Cos talk timing and strategic arguments for a new Central Bank Digital Currency

Rebecca Christie, Piero Cipollone and Pablo Hernández de Cos

Efficiency and Distributive Goals in the EU Tech Regulatory Strategy

Mario Mariniello

Digital Platform Regulation: Making Markets Work for People

Fiona M. Scott Morton