EC foreign subsidy proposal to add geopolitical lens to EU merger control, state aid - analysis

EC foreign subsidy proposal to add geopolitical lens to EU merger control, state aid - analysis

June 3, 2021, PaRR

Sophie Bertin spoke with PaRR about the European Commission’s proposed regulation on foreign subsidies to add a ‘geopolitical lens’ to the EU’s merger control regime. Sophie says the new regime would effectively “expand state aid to the world.” She adds, “It’s about expanding the discipline of not granting undue subsidies to companies, not only within the EU, but to those who wish to participate in the internal market.”