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15/09/2009 - 2010 European Antitrust Review: Keeping markets alive - Politicised competition policies in turbulent political and economic times
The chapter, Keeping markets alive - Politicised competition policies in turbulent political and economic times, highlights the growing importance of the political dimension to competition cases at a time of political and economic turbulence.
Key points:
- There will be intense political interest and scrutiny in important competition cases, which will be assessed beyond the strictly legal and regulatory sphere of the EU competition authorities;
- The political helm of the European Commission will change towards the end of the year. This, coupled with a new, relatively inexperienced European Parliament will impact how EU decision-makers enforce competition policy;
- EU Member States can be expected to try to play ‘national interest’ cards in high profile cases;
- Companies and governments will have to ensure broader political and economic contexts are taken fully into account.
Please find the link to the Public Affairs chapter:
www.globalcompetitionreview.com/reviews/19/sections/67/chapters/739/public-affairs/
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