René Repasi @repasi@respublicae.eu

Re @ConnorAllenEU He is very popular in NL. He was foreign affairs minister when MH17 happened. It was him and his reaction who gave comfort to a country that was mourning. He was somebody in the Netherlands before he left for Europe. And the Dutch remember that.

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Understandable #FionaScottMorton. I dislike negative campaigns aiming at the integrity of a person without having talked to her, at the academic reputation without having read any academic paper of hers, at the nationality as if that said anything about the quality of the person.
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Margrethe Vestager: Professor Fiona Scott Morton has informed me of her decision to not take up the post as Chief Competition Economist. I accept this with regret and hope that she will continue to use her extraordinary skill-set to push for strong competition enforcement https://europa.eu/!yGpNwK https://t.co/W3Zb34in7N
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Re The greatest feat of civilization that the European Union has made is that nationality or the origin of a person does not matter! But once we speak of a US citizen we are not able or willing to look at the person behind the nationality? I have difficulties to follow.

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Re Conflict of interest is the only relevant issue about #FionaScottMorton. I do criticize her lack of transparency: why wasn't she making it transparent that she had done consultancy work for some GAFA from the outset? That created unnecessary doubts about her academic integrity.

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Re Yet, you won't find any serious competition economist who has not yet made some consultancy work for undertakings. That's how research funding at the neoliberal University in the US, the UK and unfortunately also in Europe works.

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Re Public financing of research is declining and academics are forced to look for third-party funding. It is therefore very common to do consultancy work in order to finance your research. Very deplorable, but that's how academia works nowadays, unfortunately.

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RT S&amp;D Group
Better for the planet, better for the consumers! Today, S&amp;D's @repasi presents new proposals to improve the Right to Repair:
♻️More products covered by the law
♻️Extended legal warranty (+2 yrs) after the repair
♻️Repair by seller or manufacturer
♻️Transparency on repair prices https://t.co/76DAWW55GV

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RT Markus Becker
(S+) Wenn ausgerechnet das Medien"freiheits"gesetz der EU dem Einsatz von Schnüffelsoftware à la #Pegasus Tür und Tor öffnen soll... https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/medienfreiheit-in-der-eu-wie-die-mitgliedslaender-den-schutz-vor-schnueffelsoftware-verhindern-wollen-a-f4308a6a-fe6b-4dc4-98e2-16a682c88873 #EMFA #mediafreedomact @daniel_freund @repasi

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RT Statewatch
Two EU MEPs submitted yesterday amendments to the reform of the EU Court of Justice Statute, aimed at opening proceedings before the EU’s highest court to more public debate and participation.
@repasi @echo_pbreyer
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/open-landmark-court-proceedings-up-to-public-debate-and-participation/ https://t.co/RTQwdqweuJ

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RT Europa-SPD
Yes! 👏💪 Das EU-Parlament in Straßburg hat mit Mehrheit für das wichtige Gesetz zur #Renaturierung gestimmt. Der CDU/CSU-Pakt mit Rechtsaußen gegen den #GreenDeal ist gescheitert. Mehr dazu von unserer umweltpolitischen Sprecherin, @delarabur 🔜 http://spdeu.de/k2SMaG #NRL https://t.co/yodgdzCz0S

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Re My colleagues @larawoltersEU and I got in touch with Commissioner @dreynders to bring #DynamicPricing to his attention and to act either by enforcing existing EU consumer protection law or by presenting the necessary legislative proposals. @POLITICOEurope picked up our initative. https://t.co/WqfehQd80A

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/repasi/status/1678660564833148928

Re @TheProgressives, @pvdaeuropa, @SPDEuropa, @knut_krohn, @beuc, @vzbv, @vzbawue, @ButtlerOliver, @EVZ_Deutschland

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RT Europa-SPD
Die Europäische Volkspartei, zu der auch CDU/CSU gehören, verbündet sich mit Rechten und Rechtsradikalen gegen das sinnvolle Umweltschutz-Gesetz zur #Renaturierung. Heute debattiert das EU-Parlament darüber, morgen stimmen wir ab. Die EVP verbreitet Mythen. Wir klären auf.👇1/2 https://t.co/w9O3u7Hbba

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Good! Then no more cooperation and majority-building with the #ID group at committee level! Curious whether all #EPP colleagues will change this bad recent habit …
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EURACTIV Politics: EPP chief Weber declares far-right AfD as ‘main enemy’ https://ift.tt/kloHjnT
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Re @Andreas_Schwab By you as a person! I do agree!

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Re @Andreas_Schwab As a member of the EPP group -you (!) know: not every EPP MEP shares your sense of responsibility and convinction not to make deals with the far-right!

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RT Patrick Breyer #JoinMastodon
🇩🇪 Gemeinsam mit René @repasi beantrage ich, Verfahren vor dem höchsten EU-Gericht für mehr öffentl. Debatte und Beteiligung zu öffnen! In Zeiten, in denen die EU und der Gerichtshof in einer Vertrauenskrise stecken, schafft Transparenz Vertrauen.
Mehr: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/grundsatzprozesse-vor-eu-gerichtshof-fuer-oeffentliche-debatte-und-beteiligung-oeffnen/

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That is quite a judgment! (1) Competition Authorities may rely on privacy violations to establish an abuse of a dominant position; (2) they must respect the assessment of the competent Data Protection Authority; (3) no data processing without consent for personalised advertising. https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCourtPress/status/1676132722060800000
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EU Court of Justice: #ECJ: A national #competition authority examining an abuse of a dominant position may also find that the #GDPR has been infringed @meta👉https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/
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Re 1/ The details: Competition Authorities and Data Protection Authorities do a different job but privacy violations (to looked at by Data Protection Authorities) have economic implications that can lead to market distortions (to be looked at by Competition Authorities). Correct!

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Re 2a/ There is a risk of divergence if Competition Authorities assess a violation of GDPR obligations differently than a Data Protecion Authority. Therefore Competition Authorities have to coordinate with Data Protection Authorities under the principle of loyal cooperation. Okay ..

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