Unchangeable: May 28, 2024 Briefing

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Margrethe Vestager once again defended EU competition rules following comments by Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz on modernizing antitrust policy to improve the bloc’s competitiveness. In one of her final press conferences ahead of next month’s European Parliament elections, the EU’s competition chief reiterated the importance of antitrust rules in challenging businesses and supporting innovation, repeating comments she made five years ago during the lockdown Siemens/Alstom. Also in The Briefing, the British antitrust authority publishes guidelines on the new competition regime in digital markets and the Spanish court’s ruling in the European Super League case.