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The Brussels Beat

The Capitol Forum
European Union
Digital Markets Act
Merger Guidelines
Artificial Intelligence
Booking Holdings
Single Market
Competition Policy
Draghi Report
Internal Market
Consumer Prices
Artificial Intelligence Act
Digital Services Act
Google Ad Tech
Washington, D.C.
Elon Musk
Savings and Investments Union
Telecom Market
DMA (digital Markets Act)
European Investment Bank
European Competition Policy

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... more

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In this episode of the Brussels Beat, Javier Espinoza speaks with Werner Stengg, a member of the European Union's tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen’s cabinet, and his fifteen year old son Jakob, with whom he has co-authored a dystopian AI novel in wh... more

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In this episode of The Brussels Beat, Javier Espinoza speaks with Teresa Ribera, the EU commissioner in charge of competition policy, about what to expect in the European Commission’s revamped merger guidelines and tensions with the U.S. over the blo... more

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In this episode of The Brussels Beat, Javier Espinoza speaks with Benoît Cœuré, president of France’s competition authority, about growing tensions between EU ambitions for European companies to scale up and member states’ resistance to regulatory ha... more

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In this episode, The Capitol Forum's Europe Executive Editor Javier Espinoza sits down with Booking.com CEO Glenn Fogel to pull back the curtain on the shifting landscape of global travel.

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Werner Stengg
Leading digital policy expert in Brussels; author on digital policy
Brussels policy circles; co-author of Alpha 5 with his son
Episode: A Tech Regulator and His Son's Warnings About AI
Jakob Stengg
Co-author of Alpha 5, a book about AI
Author
Episode: A Tech Regulator and His Son's Warnings About AI
Teresa Ribera
Executive Vice President for a clean, just and competitive transition
Spanish government
Episode: EU Antitrust Chief Warns New Merger Rules Won’t Give Dealmakers Carte Blanche
Benoît Cœuré
French economist, president of France's competition authority since 2022; former ECB Executive Board member; chair of OECD competition committee
France's competition authority
Episode: French Competition Chief Says EU States Undermine Draghi’s Agenda
Glenn Fogel
CEO of Booking Holdings
Booking Holdings
Episode: Booking.com CEO welcomes more regulatory scrutiny of OpenAI and Google
Cani Fernández
President of the Spanish Competition Authority (CNMC)
CNMC
Episode: Spain's Competition Chief Backs EU Social Media Bans
Nadia Calviño
President of the European Investment Bank
European Investment Bank (EIB)
Episode: Europe’s Top Banker Says Europe Needs to Step Up to Compete with American A.I.
Nuno Cunha Rodrigues
Head of Portugal's Competition Authority
Portuguese Competition Authority
Episode: Nuno Cunha Rodrigues, Portugal's Competition Chief, on the Balancing Act Between Deterrence and Enforcement
Eva Maydell
Member of the European Parliament, former prominent Brussels figure
Member of the European Parliament (EPP)
Episode: Eva Maydell on the European Union’s Push for Tech Sovereignty

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Javier Espinoza
Host of The Brussels Beat, a lead commentator with deep Brussels policy insight and regular engagement with EU competition policy and digital regulation discussions.

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Europe’s Stalled Breakup: The Future of Google Adtech
Q: Can you flesh out and explain what the case is about and why it's important?
The case centers on self-preferencing and vertical integration across the ad tech stack, where Google's control of ad serving, demand, and exchange tools potentially harms rivals and publishers; the goal is to deter anti-competitive practices through structural remedies, possibly including divestitures.
French Competition Chief Says EU States Undermine Draghi’s Agenda
Q: Where do merger guidelines fit in with the Draghi report and Europe's stance on cross-border consolidation?
The guest explains that merger guidelines are being updated in the context of harmonization pressures highlighted by Draghi, emphasizing clarity on efficiency defenses, scaling up, and the need for cross-border consolidation rather than national, fragmented deals.
French Competition Chief Says EU States Undermine Draghi’s Agenda
Q: What is going on with Google AI Overviews and the French Competition Authority?
The authority is reviewing Google's AI Overviews to ensure compatibility with previously accepted commitments around publishers' rights and remuneration, not launching a new antitrust case, but rather checking consistency with established frameworks and ongoing dialogue with the European Commission.
French Competition Chief Says EU States Undermine Draghi’s Agenda
Q: We are in Washington today for a key antitrust conference, and I want to start by trying to figure out what's the main topic of conversation today.
The guest outlines aims to keep competition enforcement stable and predictable amid global shifts, with emphasis on AI, market studies on AI agents, and ensuring alignment with existing commitments in the Google publishers' rights framework.
Nuno Cunha Rodrigues, Portugal's Competition Chief, on the Balancing Act Between Deterrence and Enforcement
Q: How do you foresee AI fitting into the DMA and broader competition enforcement?
AI challenges require mapping risks now and using a mix of DMA provisions and traditional competition rules to keep AI markets contestable, ensuring data access, open layers of the AI stack, and preventing entrenchment of dominant players.

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What is The Brussels Beat about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This program offers in-depth conversations with leading European antitrust experts, policymakers, and business leaders about how regulation is evolving in Brussels. Across recent episodes, the focus spans EU competition policy, the DMA and DSA frameworks, merger guidelines, and the regulatory scrutiny facing tech platforms. Guests share high-level policy rationale, enforcement challenges, and the practical implications for markets, consumers, and innovation, with listeners gaining a clear view of how European authorities balance competition, digital regulation, and strategic industry goals. A notable throughline is the tension between safeguarding competitive markets and enabling technology-led growth, often illustrated with real-world case... more

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