Antitrust in the Digital World: Does it Work? – Ten Minutes With MP Alex Agius Saliba

Below, we have provided the full transcript of the interview with MP Alex Agius Saliba, from the first episode of our series, “Antitrust in a Digital World: Does It Work?“.

Morgane TAYLOR:

Good afternoon and welcome to CPI Live. I’m Morgane Taylor from the APP Association. Thank you for joining us today. On today’s agenda, we’ll discuss digital platform regulation and the widespread impact of European Commission Proposal for a Digital Markets Act. The APP Association and Competition Policy International launched a discussion series on competition in the online environments where we gather experts in antitrust and policy makers from around the world to explore the key issues surrounding the application of antitrust in digital world, focusing on global trends in regulation, but also to dive into legislative proposals to regulate platform as the one we have currently on the table in Europe. So today I’m pleased to welcome Mr. Saliba, member of the European Parliament for the Socialists and Democrats, for a 10 minute discussions on these European developments. Welcome.

Alex AGIUS SALIBA:

Thanks for the invite. It’s my pleasure.

TAYLOR:

So Mr. Saliba, you are a member of the Internal Markets and Consumer Protection Committee, of the European Parliament and you were leading the Parliament’s position on what should Digital Markets Act look like when you were up for the Legislative Initiative Report on Di