As Europe seeks to strengthen its competitiveness in an increasingly contested global digital landscape, the role of telecommunications infrastructure and market scale has become a central policy question. Against the backdrop of recent reports on Europe’s economic performance and ongoing reflections on EU competition policy, the European Internet Forum convened policymakers, regulators and industry representatives to discuss how merger control and market integration can support innovation and investment. The discussion explored the balance between maintaining strong competition and enabling European companies to achieve the scale required to compete globally. Participants reflected on the implications for the telecom sector, digital markets and the broader functioning of the Single Market.
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