Today, Europe stands at a critical juncture. Policymakers in Brussels are reconsidering how competition laws are interpreted, enforced, and reshaped. Amid landmark investigations and fines targeting tech giants such as Google, Meta, and Amazon, what will be Europe's next move? Are agriculture, banking, pharmaceuticals, or other major industries poised for new regulatory scrutiny? Can the EU courts reshape enforcement, or will regulatory ambitions face unexpected hurdles?
Hosted by Javier Espinoza, The Brussels Beat delivers insightful conversations with leading European antitrust experts, policymakers, legal analysts, and business leaders. Powered by rigorous investigative journalism and incisive analysis, Javier and his guests delve deep into Europe's evolving approach to monopoly power. This podcast is essential listening for executives, policymakers, legal professionals, and anyone interested in understanding Europe's strategic stance on antitrust issues, exploring the complex intersections of law, politics, and economics shaping the continent's future.
Is Google’s ad tech empire too powerful to regulate—or just powerful enough to break up?
In this wide-ranging interview, Javier Espinoza (Europe Executive Editor at The Capitol Forum) speaks with Damien Geradin, one of the lead lawyers behind the EC’s ad tech antitrust case against Google. They discuss:
How the case began with a single publisher complaint
Why self-preferencing across the ad tech stack is a competition issue
The failure of behavioral remedies in France
The political and legal implications of structural separation
What the U.S. DOJ case means for Europe’s timing
Whether the DMA is delivering on its promises
This conversation is essential viewing for anyone following Big Tech regulation, EU competition law, and digital market enforcement.
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