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6 flashpoints for the EU’s new competition chief – POLITICO

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Teresa Ribera is in line to pick up a hefty European Commission role in charge of the Green Deal, an area she knows well as Spain's climate minister and as an international climate negotiator.

But she's also got another job policing competition, one of the most powerful Commission policy areas. POLITICO laid out what she'll need to watch out for.

1. Return on investment

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Ribera to overhaul competition policy to make Europe a more attractive place for companies. That aimed at two things: doing more to take account of the economy's "acute needs" for mergers — by allowing more deals in strategic industries — and easing state aid to help governments funnel cash to industry.