European Commission 5 May 2026, COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Report on Competition Policy 2025

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This European Commission Staff Working Document details the 2025 policy developments and enforcement trends across EU competition instruments, including antitrust, merger control, State aid, the Digital Markets Act, and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. It outlines significant judicial rulings from the EU Courts, legislative modernization efforts such as the revision of Regulation 1/2003, and specific sectoral enforcement actions aimed at fostering a clean, just, and competitive transition. The report emphasizes the Commission's strategic focus on cartel detection, digital market contestability, and the alignment of State aid with the Clean Industrial Deal.AI