EVP speeches

European Commission Press release Brussels, 29 Nov 2024 The European Commission has concluded that a German State aid measure of €1.9 billion to support DB Cargo, one of Europe's leading rail freight operators, is in line with EU State aid rules.

European Commission Press release Brussels, 02 Dec 2024 The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, EasyJet Airline Company PLC (‘EasyJet'), International Airlines Group (‘IAG') and Air Fran...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 28 Nov 2024 The European Commission has closed three in-depth State aid investigations into transfer pricing tax rulings granted by Luxembourg to Fiat and Amazon, and by the Netherlands to Starbucks.

European Commission Press release Brussels, 28 Nov 2024 The European Commission has fined Pierre Cardin and its largest licensee Ahlers a total of €5.7 million for breaching EU antitrust rules by restricting cross-border sales of Pierre Cardin-branded clothing, as well as sales of such products to...

European Commission Speech Brussels, 27 Nov 2024 Dear all,  Welcome to you all, to this High-level meeting of the Joint European Forum for IPCEIs.  As my tenure comes to an end, it gives me great pleasure...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 27 Nov 2024 The European Commission has found a €853.6 million public service compensation in favour of Corsica Linea and La Méridionale to be in line with EU State aid rules.

European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 Nov 2024 The European Commission invites comments on commitments offered by Corning to address competition concerns over its alleged exclusive dealing in relation to the...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 Nov 2024 The European Commission has concluded that by renting agricultural land at a rate below market price to Tartu Agro AS, an Estonian private company producing among other things milk, meat and cereals, Estonia granted support not in line with EU...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 Nov 2024 The European Commission has recorded the acceptance by Greece of the appropriate measures proposed by the Commission to bring the existing Greek tonnage tax scheme and related measures in line with State aid rules.

European Commission Press release Brussels, 22 Nov 2024 The European Commission has today published a Staff Working Document (‘SWD') that summarises the findings of its evaluation of the Technology Transfer Block Exe...