The latest tech platform to come under the EU's #DMA regulation is Booking.com It had 6 months to make changes and bring its business into line. Main thing: it has scrapped price-parity clauses. Today it published its compliance report. EC will host a hearing on Nov 25.

Aura Salla has become MEP, but her political agenda hasn’t changed since she left Meta. She remains close to corporate lobbyists & their agenda & has held tons of meetings with tech lobbyists incl Meta, Google, Amazon. This is harming the EU's integrity. wired.com/story/meta-lob…

📣 Save The Date❗️ 🗓 13 February 2025 📍 Brussels DG Competition will be hosting a full-day workshop for stakeholders with hands-on experience in the application of Article 102 TFEU.​ Stay tuned – registrations open soon ✍ #EUCompetition #EUAntitrust

EU Parliament to reconsider granting Amazon lobbyists access. Amazon should only be allowed to return once they have demonstrated their respect for democracy by ▶️attending a hearing in the EP on working conditions ▶️accepting EP visits to its warehouses. euronews.com/next/2024/11/1…

Reminder to MEPs ahead of today's employment committee discussion: Amazon has shown lack of respect towards the EU's democratic institutions. Amazon lobbyists should only regain access if they ▶️attend a hearing in the EP on working conditions ▶️accept EP visits to its warehouses

A note on today's employment committee discussion on Amazon: Amazon has shown lack of respect towards the EU's democratic institutions. Amazon lobbyists should only regain access if they ▶️attend a hearing in the EP on working conditions ▶️accept EP visits to its warehouses.

BREAKING🇪🇺: European Union lawmakers have reached an agreement on scrutiny of working conditions at Amazon warehouses. The agreement is in line with demands by trade unions earlier this week, and features an official hearing and visit to warehouses. uni-europa.org/news/eu-lawmak…

Misleasing information on lobbying expenses and disrespectful behavior towards parliaments - Amazon defends its problematic business model with problematic methods. It's time to break up Amazon's power: lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-digi… 1/ #blackweek #BlackFriday

❗️New research from LobbyControl - (wir haben X verlassen) on how Amazon is using sponsorship and gifts to clean up its image. ✊At the end of this week thousands of workers will go on strike against the horrid working conditions in Amazon warehouses. #MakeAmazonPay lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-digi…

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The Draghi report and its agenda: from an intransparent and corporate-driven report to a technocratic task force inside the Commission: politico.eu/article/ursula…

The most important elections you've probably never heard about: the vote on a new EU Ombudsman later this month! The Ombudsman plays a crucial role, defending citizens' rights and holding EU institutions accountable The 6 candidates will be grilled by MEPs in a hearing tomorrow

🚨Breaking news: with the new term, the European Comission increases transparency massively. From now on, more than 1500 officials need to disclose lobby meetings and minutes, 1100 more than before. 10 years ago, we came up with this demand. Now it is reality. Persistence works.

Our European cloud infrastructure is far too dependent upon US tech giants Google, Amazon and Microsoft. We need a more lively debate on open, interoperable alternatives to the dominance of US tech monopolies. Good to see this debate starting, eg here: dnip.ch/2024/12/16/gai…

Chinese e-commerce platform Temu does not declare any lobbying in Europe, neither in Brussels & Berlin nor at its headquarters in Dublin. Temu is evading contact and rules in order to expand aggressively. The EU must take tougher action against Temu. lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-digi…

Retaliation on goods will only hurt Europeans and EU businesses even more… Hit Trump’s oligarchs instead ! Ban X, Meta and Amazon till tariffs are reversed or break them up as required by competition law !

Lewis Crofts Donald J. Trump The good news; the only reference to the Digital Markets Act is screenshotted and not tied to tariff retaliation. DMA follows competition principles advocated by many in the new administration.

A modest proposal for how countries should respond to Trump's (threat of) trade wars — comments welcome! project-syndicate.org/commentary/oli…