Francesca Micheletti

2 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Francesca Micheletti |Jacob Parry

W środę Bruksela nałożyła na amerykańskich gigantów technologicznych kary w wysokości setek milionów euro za naruszenie zasad cyfrowych UE — pomimo tego, że prezydent Donald Trump zagroził cłami odwetowymi w przypadku nałożenia grzywien.

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Francesca Micheletti |Jacob Parry

BRUSSELS — EU competition boss Teresa Ribera has defended the timing of the European Commission's fines on Apple and Meta, waving off criticism that the penalties were delayed to avoid a further escalation of U.S. tariffs. On Wednesday, Brussels slapped the U.S. tech giants with penalties in the hundreds of millions of euros for violating the bloc's digital rulebook, despite President Donald Trump threatening retaliatory tariffs should fines be imposed.

4 weeks ago | politico.eu | Francesca Micheletti |Jacob Parry

Tomaso Duso, qui préside l’organe consultatif du gouvernement allemand en matière de concurrence, la Monopolkommission, met en garde auprès de POLITICO : “Si l’application de la loi semble être motivée par des raisons politiques plutôt que par des évaluations juridiques et économiques, elle risque de perdre sa légitimité et d’être perçue comme un instrument de représailles économiques plutôt que comme un outil réglementaire neutre.” Elle risque également de déclencher une spirale infernale de...

1 month ago | politico.eu | Francesca Micheletti |Jacob Parry

Tomaso Duso, who chairs the German government’s competition advisory body, the Monopolkommission, told POLITICO that “if enforcement appears to be driven by political motives rather than legal and economic assessments, it risks losing its legitimacy and being perceived as an instrument of economic retaliation rather than a neutral regulatory tool.” It also risks of triggering a downward spiral of retaliatory measures by the U.S., he said. Politicians are urging the Commission to act.

1 month ago | politico.eu | Seb Starcevic |Jakob Weizman |Francesca Micheletti |Carlo Martuscelli |Andrew McDonald

As the week went on, the S&P 500 index, which tracks the performance of 500 of the largest U.S. publicly traded companies, fell nearly 13 percent. That wiped trillions of dollars off the market value and sent the stock price of iconic brands like Apple and Meta (more on them later in a different context, funnily enough) plummeting.