COMPETITION
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11931 - Lone Star / Radici)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11893 - Rethmann / Transdev)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11953 - PSPIB / CBRE / AGIV)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11926 - Highlands / NPM / NTS)
- Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11948 - Movendo Capital / Draycott / SSCP Arome Bidco)
- European telecom groups line up deals in hope of looser merger rules - Executives believe new competition chief and bloc’s push for growth will lead to change - Financial Times
STATE AID
- Action brought on 7 March 2025 – Danube CCS Ventures Vs. Commission (Case T-153/25)
Re: Annulment of Commission Decision C(2024) 4582 final of 2 July 2024 on State aid SA.107009 (2024/N) – Sweden – Swedish biogenic CCS auction (‘Contested Decision
TRADE & CUSTOMS
- Action brought on 10 March 2025 – Sterlite Technologies and Others Vs. Commission (Case T-174/25)
Re: annulment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3014 of 13 December 2024 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of optical fibre cables originating in India - Regulation (EU) 2025/783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 April 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/196 on additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/780 of 16 April 2025 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of steel track shoes originating in the People’s Republic of China
- Answer given by Mr Šefčovič to a MEP written question - Increased import tariffs on Chinese cars
- Reeves to press case for global free trade in US talks - Chancellor also hopes to get better tariff deal for UK in meeting with Treasury secretary Scott Bessent - Financial Times
- Trump’s tariff war empowers Europe’s free traders - Even the EU’s most protectionist countries are realizing that they need new friends to trade with as their oldest ally goes rogue - Politico.eu
INTERNAL MARKET & INDUSTRY
- EU budget set for defence-related boost under new regulation
DIGITAL & INFORMATION SOCIETY
- Action brought on 6 February 2025 – Google Ireland Vs. Commission (Case T-92/25)
Re: annulment of Commission’s Implementing Decision C(2024) 8457 final of the European Commission determining the supervisory fee applicable to Google Maps, Google Play, Google Search, Google Shopping and YouTube pursuant to Article 43(3) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 - Commission seeks input to clarify rules for general-purpose AI models
EURO, ECB & ECONOMY
- Bulgaria requests to revise its Recovery and Resilience Plan and add a REPowerEU chapter - Midday Express
- Results of the ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters for the second quarter of 2025
- Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)
- Main findings from the ECB’s recent contacts with non-financial companies - ECB Economic Bulletin Issue 3, 2025
- Investor sentiment and dynamic connectedness in European markets: insights from the covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine conflict - ECB Working Paper Series No. 3050
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- Action brought on 24 February 2025 – Douamba Vs. Council (Case T-143/25)
Re: annulment of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3188 of 16 December 2024, implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2642 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s destabilising activities - Action brought on 11 February 2025 – Goetz Vs. Council (Case T-101/25)
Re: annulment of Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2768 and of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2771, restrictive measures, Democratic Republic of the Congo - Answer given given by HR/VP Kallas to a MEP written question - Extending sanctions packages, procedure for discontinuing sanctions packages and voting arrangements in the Council under the Treaties
- Could Canada join the EU? Unlikely … but not impossible - EU scholars say Canada has the right vibe for Brussels — but there would be some major hurdles blocking a membership bid - Politico.eu
- Hungary would hurt EU taxpayers by lifting Russia sanctions, warns Estonia - Foreign minister says unfreezing €210bn of Russian assets would leave Europe footing the bill for loans to Kyiv - Financial Times
