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Comment: Where does the Scott Morton scandal leave EU competition enforcement?

By Lewis Crofts, Matthew Newman and Nicholas Hirst ( July 19, 2023, 15:16 GMT | Comment) -- The ousting of Fiona Scott Morton as chief economist in the European Commission’s competition department has seen a new degree of politicization for EU antitrust policy. Does this mark a new era of French influence over enforcement, or is it just the highwater mark? The saga may prompt Brussels to shed greater light on officials’ conflicts of interest, but its most immediate impact will be demands to serve clearer pro-EU goals, take sharper interventions against Big Tech, and be more skeptical of outside influences.Margrethe Vestager’s tenure at the EU competition helm started nine years ago at a European Parliament confirmation hearing, where she had lawmakers eating out of her hand and requesting selfies. But it may have ended back at the European Parliament yesterday evening, facing down angry calls from MEPs over her appointment of a US economist to an EU job....

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