Press releases

The much-anticipated report from former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, laying out how to boost EU industry’s competitiveness on the global stage, contains positive signals on energy, and trade, but raises questions on competition which could end up hurting European consumers’ pockets.

BEUC welcomes IAG’s decision to abandon its proposed takeover of Air Europa. This merger could have harmed consumers on air passenger routes within, to and from Spain on both short and long-haul flights.

BEUC, representing the interests of consumers in 31 European countries, regrets the lack of clarity around the remedies that have led to the European Commission conditionally approving Lufthansa’s acquisition of joint control of ITA Airways.

The decision by the European Commission to issue preliminary findings against Meta for potential breach of the EU Digital Markets Act is good news for consumers using Facebook and Instagram who have been presented with unfair choices on the use of their personal data since November last year.