EU antitrust enforcers shouldn’t be ‘risk averse’ to prevent court losses, Vestager says
By Tono Gil ( February 1, 2022, 15:45 GMT | Insight) -- The EU’s competition chief has said it is worth pursuing novel antitrust cases even with the risk of court setbacks, because they help establish new jurisprudence. Margrethe Vestager said that receiving feedback from EU courts is an opportunity for the regulator to learn how to “push things forward.” But she insisted that the commission should always build up cases in a way that they can “stand up in court.”The EU’s competition chief has said it is worth pursuing novel antitrust cases even with the risk of court setbacks, because they help establish new jurisprudence....
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