Arianna Podestà @arianna_podesta@respublicae.eu
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ @EU_Commission Coordinating Spokesperson for economic matters - Spokesperson for @EU_Competition and @EU_Eurostat #vdLCommission
Joined Apr 2022
By 3 July deadline, we have received notifications by potential gatekeepers that meet thresholds laid down in #DMA:
Alphabet
Amazon
Apple
ByteDance
Meta
Microsoft
Samsung
➡️@EU_Commission has 45 working days to make assessment and designate gatekeepers
https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers_en
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1676131749795880961
🇪🇺 @EU_Commission informed Orange and MasMovil of preliminary view that proposed joint venture may reduce competition in retail supply of mobile & fixed internet services & of multiple-play bundles in 🇪🇸
Concern:may lead to significant price increase for affected retail customers
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EU Competition: #EUMergerControl Commission 🇪🇺sends Orange and MasMovil Statement of Objections over their proposed joint venture in Spain 🇪🇸 👇
🔗➡️https://europa.eu/!cNr6bG https://t.co/aZbzz3i1Zz
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1673616172925722624
📣 press conference with @vestager on an #EUAntitrust case today at 12:45
You can follow ⬇️
https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/1
@EU_Commission
@EU_Competition
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1668925550730133506
RT Margrethe Vestager
.@Google controls both sides of the #adtech market: sell & buy. We are concerned that it may have abused its dominance to favour its own #AdX platform. If confirmed, this is illegal. @EU_Commission might require Google to divest part of its services.
https://europa.eu/!3N6WR4 https://t.co/2rZok2BWYs
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vestager/status/1668933556331069440
RT EU_Eurostat
🆕 European Statistical #RecoveryDashboard: June edition
📊June highlights: After the EU economy returns to growth, industrial production increases and inflation continues to fall
📌Track the economic and social recovery from the pandemic👉https://europa.eu/!78g8c4 https://t.co/GfLCJ340IX
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Eurostat/status/1669632153804754944
Today, @EU_Commission approved a €8.1 billion #IPCEI in microelectronics and communication technologies
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1666893234608525312
🇪🇺@EU_Commission approved #IPCEIs for over €26 billion, triggering €50 billion private investments
21 Member States
~200 companies receiving aid
Important spillovers to thousands of companies
Key support to RDI and first industrial deployment for highly innovative projects
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1666892031107506177
🇪🇺 @EU_Commission adopted new rules to provide businesses with clearer and up-to-date guidance to help them assess the compatibility of their horizontal cooperation agreements with EU competition rules.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_23_2990
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1664521037675986944
Arianna Podestà
boosted
#EUMergerControl 🇪🇺 Commission approves the merger between Credit Suisse and UBS 🏦
The Commission concluded that the transaction would not raise competition concerns in the European Economic Area (‘EEA').
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Competition/status/1661739860754059270
RT @EU_Eurostat: 🆕European Statistical #RecoveryDashboard: May edition
📊Highlights: the EU economy returns to growth and inflation continues to fall. Industrial production drops.
📌Track the economic and social recovery from the pandemic, across countries and time.
👉https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/wdn-20230517-1 https://t.co/VeCIAAcNBP
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1658802249332604929
Arianna Podestà
boosted
Today we approve a French #StateAid measure to support STMicroelectronics & GlobalFoundries to set up a new #microchips plant in 🇫🇷. This means additional chip manufacturing capabilities in 🇪🇺 & stronger #semiconductors #SupplyChain
@ST_World
@GlobalFoundries
RT @EU_Competition: #EUStateAid la Commission 🇪🇺 autorise une mesure française 🇫🇷visant à aider STMicroelectronics et GlobalFoundries à construire une nouvelle usine de puces électroniques 👇
🔗➡️https://ec.…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vestager/status/1651943735733915650
In 2022, the government deficit and debt of both the euro area and the EU decreased compared with 2021
In 🇪🇺
➡️government #deficit at 3.4%
➡️government #debt at 84.0%
In euro area
➡️government #deficit at 3.6%
➡️government #debt at 91.6%
RT @EU_Eurostat: Euro area government #deficit at 3.6% of GDP in 2022, government #debt at 91.6% https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-euro-indicators/w/2-21042023-AP
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1649348812060733440
🇪🇺@EU_Commission further simplifies procedures under @EU_Merger rules
➡️cut red tape
➡️simplify & expand scope of simplified assessment for unproblematic cases
➡️reduce amount of information required for notifications
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_2357
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1649000445556191236
Arianna Podestà
boosted
@EU_Commission adopted a new Temporary crisis and Transition Framework to foster support measures in sectors which are key for the transition to the net-zero economy, in line with our Green Deal Industrial Plan⤵️
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/DanaSpinant/status/1633902650226794497
🇪🇺 @EU_Commission adopted
➡️ new State aid Temporary Crisis & Transition Framework
Press release:
https://europa.eu/!rkPTwj
For overview 👀:
https://europa.eu/!GfkjTJ
➡️ amended General Block Exemption Regulation
Press release:
https://europa.eu/!pgd7qx
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1633899480423514112
Shoutout to the strong, inspiring, sweet and passionate women in my team - you are my everyday “together” 💜🙏🏻
@tsoni_maria
@ninaferreiraEU
@SaraSimonini93
@Marta_PCejuela
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1633509097449431065
Proud of what I achieved
Blessed for all opportunities
Grateful for being on this journey with so many strong, inspiring,sweet and passionate women
Each with her contribution, together, we can end #ViolenceAgainstWomen & achieve #UnionOfEquality
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2023
RT @EU_Commission: Our spokeswomen are the example of how the EU pushes forward gender equality.
Meet some of our voices and find out more about their biggest achievements at the Europ…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1633505064282214403
🇪🇺 @EU_Commission carried out unannounced inspections at premises of companies and an association in fragrance industry in various Member States, in consultation with @JusticeATR, @CMAgovUK and Swiss Competition Commission
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_23_1532
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1633167374856646658
“The Foreign Subsidies Regulation preserves our openness. Unfair distortions are destructive. Although cheap subsidized offerings may sometimes seem attractive in the short run, they do not promote our long-term growth and competitiveness.”
@vestager
RT @EU_Competition: #EUCompetition #FSR Keynote of EVP Vestager for the Concurrences Conference on the Foreign Subsidies Regulation: "Foreign Subsidies - a piece in the geopolitical puzzle"
🔗➡️https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_1503
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/arianna_podesta/status/1632876951634419714
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ @EU_Commission Coordinating Spokesperson for economic matters - Spokesperson for @EU_Competition and @EU_Eurostat #vdLCommission
Joined Apr 2022
