The European Commission, the custodian of EU competition rules, needs to scale up its market oversight to better control mergers and abuses of dominant positions, especially in the digital economy, the European Court of Auditors said in a report published on Thursday 19 November.
“In the last decade, the Commission has been using its powers in merger control and antitrust proceedings effectively”, said Alex Brenninkmeijer, Member of the Court. But the Commission “now needs to scale up...