Copyright: European Commission

The Draghi Report was submitted to the European Commission in September this year, and it is an important input for the commission’s future work on competitiveness for Europe. Competition Policy is one of the issues discussed in the report. Although the report in general is in favor of an active and strict competition policy, there are some proposals that would lead to a less strict competition policy. In particular, the focus on firm scale – having large European firms to compete against foreign firms – will  de facto  lead to a less strict merger control. In the report the telecom sector is mentioned as one sector where scale in Europe is too limited, and where it is a need for mergers and acquisitions between European firms.

In this seminar, Tommaso Valletti will comment on the proposals in the Draghi report, generally about competition policy and state aid and in particular on merger control and the telecom sector. Valletti is professor at Imperial College London and adjunct professor at Norwegian School of Economics and BECCLE. He has for three years served as the chief economist in European Commission (Directorate General for Competition). 

There will be time for comments and questions from the audience.

Date and Time: Thursday, December 5, from 12:00 to 13:30
Location: The Library, 5th Floor, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen

We look forward to your participation. For those unable to attend in person, the seminar will be streamed live via Zoom. Please follow this link to join us.