Following the release of the much-awaited Draghi Report, EC President Ursula von der Leyen outlined her vision for a new Commission that closely follows the Draghi report as a blueprint. Mario Draghi has recommended an “update of competition policy”, and notably in line with that, the Mission Letter to Commissioner Designate Ribera calls for a “Clean, Just and Competitive Transition” and mandates her to “modernize competition policy”. What should this “modernization” look like? Is it right, and is it achievable? How does one operationalize Draghi’s recommendation that “competition, industrial and trade policy interact closely, and must be aligned as part of an overall strategy”? This will be at the core of the questions that Commissioner Designate Ribera will be asked at her Confirmation Hearing. What do we think the right answers should be?
These questions and themes will be explored by the extensive program for this webinar:
Opening Address: Benoît Cœuré, President, French Autorité de la Concurrence
Panel discussions:
-“Joining the dots” between competition, industrial policy and trade
Panellists; Jan De Loecker, KU Leuven, CEPR; Nils Redeker, Jacques Delors Centre Hertie School and Sander Tordoir, Centre for European Reform
Moderator/discussant: Cristina Caffarra, University College London
-What specific “reforms” does competition policy need?
Panellists: Tomaso Duso, Deutsches Institut Für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin), Technical University Of Berlin, CEPR and Tommaso Valletti, Imperial College London, Business School, CEPR
Final remarks: What does Parliament Expect to Hear? by
Alexandra Geese, Member of European Parliament, The Greens
