Tag: EU
Vestager Wants To Push Big Tech Regulation Through
Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition and digital policy chief, has urged the European Parliament and European Council to approve rules to curb the power...
Tesla Withdraws Application For State Aid To Build German Battery Plant
On Friday Tesla said it has withdrawn its application for state aid for its planned battery factory near Berlin as CEO Elon Musk declared...
Germany’s Nextcloud Launches EU Complaint Against Microsoft
German software company Nextcloud made public today that it had filed complaints against the US company with the European Commission and the German competition...
Facebook Offers EU Remedies In Kostumer Deal
Facebook has offered remedies in a bid to secure EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of US customer service startup Kustomer, a European Commission...
EU Parliament Approves The Digital Markets Act
On Tuesday the European Parliament Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) voted to approve the Digital Markets Act (DMA), imposing stricter restrictions...
European Commission Raids Defense Sector Over Suspected Cartel Activity
EU antitrust regulators on Tuesday raided a defense company on concerns that it may have breached the bloc’s rules against cartels and restrictive business...
EU Lawmakers Vote For Tougher Tech Laws
A key committee of EU lawmakers on Tuesday agreed to tougher laws targeting Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook, reported Reuters. Frustrated by the slow pace of...
UK Watchdog Probes IAG’s Air Europa Deal
Britain’s competition regulator is examining whether British Airways owner IAG’s planned 500 million euro ($563.2 million) purchase of Spain’s Air Europa would harm competition...
Introduction To The Book On “Economic Analysis In EU Competition Policy”
By Pier Luigi Parcu & Marco Botta (European University Institute), Giorgio Monti (Tilburg Law and Economics Center)
The introductory chapter provides an overview of the...
WhatsApp Changes Their Privacy Policy After EU Fine
WhatsApp is rewriting its privacy policy as a result of a huge data protection fine earlier this year.
Following an investigation, the Irish data protection...