All posts by Agustin Reyna

Merger control is essential to ensuring consumer choice.

Why consumers need strong EU merger control

Some big merger decisions are coming down the tracks. To ensure consumer choice and value for money, we need strict merger control write BEUC's Agustin Reyna and Vanessa Turner.

and / January 19, 2024

Making the Digital Markets Act work for consumers – BEUC’s take on Member States position

If you’ve considered leaving WhatsApp, but felt your hands were tied because all the people you know use it, the Digital Markets Act could well be what you were hoping for. It could be a real game-changer for consumers. The...

/ October 29, 2021

Why the Android antitrust case matters to consumers

Today, the vast majority of mobile phones in Europe run on Android, Google’s operating system. In addition, Google Search is the dominant search engine, used by millions of consumers daily to access goods, services, and information on the web. Part...

/ October 1, 2021

To tame the giants, the EU needs to step up competition enforcement

In recent weeks, the debate around the future of competition law in Europe has intensified. This is due not only to new investigations by the European Commission into tech companies, but also because of upcoming proposals to regulate large online...

/ June 22, 2020

Play it again, Siri – what Apple’s acquisition of Shazam could mean to consumers

It’s Sunday afternoon and it’s raining outside. You want to relax at home watching a classic, and you go for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. In one scene there’s a song you fall in love with, so you quickly grab your...

/ April 12, 2018

How Google is eroding consumers’ freedom to choose

Google hit the headlines last year when the European Commission fined the tech giant €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. It has been argued the European Commission has over-stepped the line here. After all, if people like and use...

/ March 14, 2018

What does the EU copyright reform mean to you as a consumer?

In September, the European Commission revealed its plans to modernise EU copyright laws. “Why is that important for me?” you might think. Fair point. For most consumers copyright law does not top the list of their daily concerns. But think...

/ November 14, 2016

Why we must stop geo-blocking for audiovisual services

Geo-blocking is perhaps the most controversial element of the European Commission’s Digital Single Market agenda because it is about challenging a status quo. In an article recently published in POLITICO Europe, Michael Ryan, chairman of the Independent Film and Television...

/ June 24, 2016

Chaos and disorder in copyright law – happy #WorldIPDay!

Many of us are mourning the loss of Prince, one of the world’s great music talents. What most of us don’t know is that he was also a champion of copyright enforcement. On the 16th edition of World Intellectual Property...

/ April 26, 2016