Industrial policy

Competition enforcement, Ex ante regulation, Foreign direct investment, Fundamental rights, Hungary, Industrial policy, OECD, Regulation, Relative Market Power, Structural competition problems

(Szecskay Attorneys-at-Law, Hungary)/ /Leave a comment

Is competition law fit for purpose? Do we need better tools to make markets fair? How far should government go to ‘fix’ market structures? It’s impossible to attend an antitrust conference these days without discussing these questions under the umbrella of competition & industrial policy. From decades of broad consensus championing competitive neutrality and ‘letting…

European Union, Industrial policy, Recovery plan, State aid, Temporary Crisis Framework

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Introduction State aid rules have existed since the Rome Treaty and have a negative integration logic: Member States should refrain from distorting competition by helping their own undertakings (an in-depth analysis on state aid, in Hancher, Ottervanger and Slot, see here). These rules naturally trigger tension between what Member States can do with their money…