I can only encourage everyone to take a close look at their practices. Prevention is always better than cure.

I am determined to use competition law to protect European industry and consumers.

You can take this as a gentle word of warning, if you like. We are just at the beginning of a period of more intensive antitrust enforcement.

Absolutely determined to ensure that Microsoft complies fully with the 2004 anti-trust decision.

The E.U.-U.S. Open Aviation Area agreement therefore envisages the establishment of a broadly similar cooperation framework between the Commission and the Department of Transportation.

It is not acceptable for customers in one member state to pay the price for a company to become a bigger player in other member states. The ruling shows that in these cases it is essential that companies propose adequate remedies in order to guarantee sufficient competition from other firms.

Highly complementary airline alliances and mergers can bring important benefits to passengers by connecting networks, offering new services and generating efficiencies across the aviation value chain. However, this has to take place within a competitive environment. It is vital that the economic benefits of an airline alliance or merger are passed on to passengers.