Sittings · Document
1.7.2026 A10-0171/9
Amendment 9
Marcin Sypniewski
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A10-0171/2026
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
Competition policy – annual report 2025
(2025/2134(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
3. Firmly believes that the Draghi and Letta reports should contribute to shaping priorities in the competition field, and calls for these reports to be followed up on as a matter of urgency; takes note of Mario Draghi’s estimate that, in order to protect our EU competitiveness, an additional EUR 800 billion per year is needed; emphasises that consumer interests should remain central, while taking into account the need for competition policy to contribute to key objectives, such as competitiveness, resilience, security, strategic autonomy and sustainability; welcomes the Draghi report’s proposal for a flexible market investigation tool (the ‘new competition tool’) to address market failures which cannot be tackled effectively under the current Articles 101 and 102 TFEU; notes that similar tools have already been successfully implemented at Member State level and suggests that an EU-level new competition tool could help address structural competition issues across the EU; calls on the Commission to introduce such a tool to complement the existing framework;
3. Firmly believes that the Draghi and Letta reports should contribute to shaping priorities in the competition field; regrets, however, that similar competitiveness strategies have already failed in the past, most notably the Lisbon Agenda of 2000, which aimed to make the EU the most competitive economy in the world by 2010 but resulted in the United States’ economy becoming approximately 30 % larger than the EU’s in relative terms; emphasises that consumer interests should remain central, while taking into account the need for competition policy to contribute to key objectives, such as competitiveness, resilience, security, strategic autonomy and sustainability; welcomes the Draghi report’s proposal for a flexible market investigation tool (the ‘new competition tool’) to address market failures which cannot be tackled effectively under the current Articles 101 and 102 TFEU; notes that similar tools have already been successfully implemented at Member State level and suggests that an EU-level new competition tool could help address structural competition issues across the EU; calls on the Commission to introduce such a tool to complement the existing framework;
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1.7.2026 A10-0171/10
Amendment 10
Sarah Knafo
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A10-0171/2026
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
Competition policy – annual report 2025
(2025/2134(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
9a. invites the Member States to move away from the logic of subsidies in favour of public procurement reserved for European companies, in order to support their growth and enable them to compete with American and Chinese giants;
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1.7.2026 A10-0171/11
Amendment 11
Marcin Sypniewski
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A10-0171/2026
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
Competition policy – annual report 2025
(2025/2134(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
42. Stresses that Europe lacks large-scale companies capable of competing globally in numerous key strategic areas; considers scaling up within the single market as a strategic EU imperative to mobilise investments, drive competitiveness, invest in innovation and enable EU companies to compete effectively on global markets, as highlighted by the Letta report; stresses that the completion of the single market and the removal of internal barriers remain key priorities in this regard; notes that structural barriers to scaling up within the EU may result in innovative EU companies being acquired by non-EU players, with potential negative effects on long-term competition and innovation capacity in the EU; considers therefore that merger control should take full account of the ability of EU companies to invest in innovation;
42. Stresses that Europe lacks large-scale companies capable of competing globally in numerous key strategic areas; considers scaling up within the single market as a strategic EU imperative to mobilise investments, drive competitiveness, invest in innovation and enable EU companies to compete effectively on global markets, as highlighted by the Letta report; stresses that the completion of the single market and the removal of internal barriers remain key priorities in this regard; warns, however, against using merger control to engineer ‘EU champions’ through politically driven consolidation, as true competitiveness stems from free enterprise and market-driven growth rather than centralised industrial policy; notes that structural barriers to scaling up within the EU may result in innovative EU companies being acquired by non-EU players, with potential negative effects on long-term competition and innovation capacity in the EU; considers therefore that merger control should take full account of the ability of EU companies to invest in innovation;
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1.7.2026 A10-0171/12
Amendment 12
Marcin Sypniewski
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A10-0171/2026
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
Competition policy – annual report 2025
(2025/2134(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)
Motion for a resolution
Amendment
50a. Expresses concern that extensive aid frameworks linked to the Clean Industrial Deal, the Green Deal and similar initiatives have contributed to higher energy costs and increased regulatory burdens; stresses that such centralised subsidy policies often fail to enhance genuine competitiveness and instead shift costs onto consumers and businesses while expanding bureaucratic oversight at EU level;
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