Sizing up the competition: explaining reform of European Union competition policy in the Covid-19 era

Meunier, Sophie; Mickus, Justinas

doi:10.1080/07036337.2020.1852232

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“…Investment screening is the first formal tool in a new arsenal of EU policy instruments at the nexus between economy and national security, including the anti‐foreign subsidies mechanism to counter the distortive effects of FDI involving state aid and subsidies from non‐EU countries (adopted in 2022) and the anti‐coercion regulation (adopted in 2023) (Meunier, 2022). Because of the centrality of national security to investment screening, European ISMs, both at the national and EU levels, are also prime examples of the geopoliticisation of European trade and investment policy ‐geopoliticisation being defined as the ‘reframing of a policy issue as a geopolitical problem’ (Meunier & Mickus, 2020, p 1081).…”

Section: Investment Screening and The Blurring Of Economic And Nation...mentioning

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Naïve no more: Foreign direct investment screening in the European Union

Danzman

Meunier

2023

Global Policy

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This paper asks what explains the creation and comparative features of national Investment Screening Mechanisms (ISMs) in Europe. After providing a brief history and definition of ISMs, we provide descriptive patterns about the similarities and differences in the investment screening features of national ISMs in EU member states. We then explain differences in national screening policies by focusing on the role of public debt, Chinese investment, R&D expenditures and various geographic groupings. Finally, we make three policy arguments about the rise of ISMs in Europe: (1) ISMs have not been designed as protectionist instruments, (2) the politics of inward investment screening reflects a shift from economic to security logic in addressing the fundamental tension between the benefits and vulnerabilities of open markets and (3) the EU can use the 'commercialisation' of security to extend its own competence in the security sphere. We conclude by considering how the rapid expansion of investment screening in Europe could affect economic openness, as well as the role of the EU as a global actor.

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Section: Investment Screening and The Blurring Of Economic And Nation...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Naïve no more: Foreign direct investment screening in the European Union

Danzman

Meunier

2023

Global Policy

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“…The explicit goal was to 'apply political pressure' and create an 'ideological shift in how the European Commission implements competition policy'. 18 These proposals have been successful as the Commission revised its market definition notice for the first time since 1997 (Meunier andMickus 2020, p. 1085). 19 An even more important aspect of competition policy where the discourse of 'European sovereignty' was used is state aid control.…”

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‘A Sovereign Europe’? Strategic Use of Discourse at the Service of French Economic Interests in EU Politics (2017–2022)

Bora

2023

J of Common Market Studies

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The ‘practice turn’ in European Union (EU) studies has shown that everyday actions, notably discursive practices, are consequential for producing European integration. Yet, an important development has been overlooked by scholars: the emergence of a ‘European sovereignty’ discourse in EU politics. Since President Emmanuel Macron's Sorbonne speech in September 2017, the EU policy of the French government has been structured around the affirmed objective of building ‘European sovereignty’. It supposes that the EU should become more geopolitical and not shy away from defending its own interests in an increasingly disorderly and hostile world. This article enquires into the objectives that President Macron and the French government have sought to realise by introducing this discourse into EU politics. We argue that ‘European sovereignty’ is a discursive practice that instrumentalises security threats to the EU in order to legitimise France's economic policy objectives, most notably the reform of EU competition policy. Our findings derive not only from publicly available documents and speeches but also 72 semi‐directed interviews.

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“…Having stated that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates the digitization across countries and industries (Meunier and Mickus 2020;Ionescu et al 2021). Furthermore, due to healthcare restrictions, agile forms of working such as remote working and home/mobile office have been broadly introduced (Brynjolfsson et al 2020;.…”

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Digital Marketing Effects of Clubhouse on Crowdfunding in the Context of COVID-19

Konhäusner

Seidentopf

2021

JRFM

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In the marketing mix, promotion is mentioned as using the communication channels available to present and market the product or service at hand. In recent years, social media has risen as an influential marketing communication channel in digital space. Apart from end-to-end direct messengers and video communication in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the social media channel Clubhouse offers an audio-only experience. The current research lacks analysis of the potential influence of the hyped social network. Due to the novelty of the channel and the absence of text messages as well as visual stimuli, questions regarding the impact that usage of this social media channel might have on crowdfunding, a means of rising popularity in alternative financing, have arisen. The study builds upon the media richness theory of Daft and Lengel as well as the channel expansion theory of Carlson and Zmud. Besides literature research, explorative expert interview analyses were applied to answer the research question at hand. The main findings include different approaches to foster the opportunities of Clubhouse for marketing crowdfunding campaigns in line with insights about the user group of Clubhouse as well as development options for the platform.

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Sizing up the competition: explaining reform of European Union competition policy in the Covid-19 era

Cited by 29 publications

References 24 publications

Naïve no more: Foreign direct investment screening in the European Union

Naïve no more: Foreign direct investment screening in the European Union

‘A Sovereign Europe’? Strategic Use of Discourse at the Service of French Economic Interests in EU Politics (2017–2022)

Digital Marketing Effects of Clubhouse on Crowdfunding in the Context of COVID-19

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