Aligning Competition Policy and Industrial Policy in the EU

Tomaso Duso and Martin Peitz

No 2145, Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin from DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: Trade conflicts, geopolitical tensions, digital disruption, and the climate crisis pose major challenges for the European Union (EU) and its member states. As called for in the Draghi Report, industrial policy measures can increase competitiveness, strengthen resilience, and facilitate the twin transformation. This article explores ways in which competition policy can be realigned to better accommodate industrial policy objectives. Using German competition law as a reference point, it presents options with which legislatures and competition authorities can respond to current challenges, reconcile conflicting objectives, and adapt the decision-making framework. It then considers elements of a competition-oriented industrial policy, understood as an evidence-based, targeted approach in which competition serves both as a guiding principle and as a control variable.

Keywords: industrial policy; protection of competition; competition; regulation; competition policy; competitiveness; internal market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K21 L40 L50 L52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 p.
Date: 2025
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