
Lewis Crofts
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The Unbearable Triteness of Tweeting. [email protected] Editor-at-Large, MLex. Words, words, words.
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"Simply calling our telecom markets European doesn't make them so. We need to invest." Teresa Ribera on telco markets and mergers.


"Economists should talk more about fairness." - Teresa Ribera telling the number-crunchers that they need to broaden their lens.

.European Commission & Competition & Markets Authority put cooperation arrangements back in place after #Brexit tore up the last ones. New deal still needs to be ratified & it's not as comprehensive as relations under EU membership (obviously) but it'll still help regulators. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

.The Economist on EU policy and the "Airbus of [insert sector here]" approach. Charlemagne on form as always economist.com/europe/2025/05… cc Stanley Pignal

First big #antitrust decision for Teresa Ribera Not your classic fodder. Two big innovations here: - labour market intervention (not been done before) & abuse born out of a minority shareholding. M&A lawyers will be up in arms. But EC is clear: companies went too far here.

.Teresa Ribera on #DMA and US relations: “it is very very important to insist on the fact that what we are doing is just applying the existing regulation. The enforcement of the law is not subject to any type of political negotiation with anyone.”
