Joaquín Almunia was member of the European Commission, vice-president in charge of Competition, from 2010 to 2014. He was also member of the European Commission form 2004 to 2010 as Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs. Previously, he had been Spanish Minister for Employment (1982-1986) and Public Administrations (1986-1991). From 1997 to 2000, he was the leader of the opposition as secretary general of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party. He was Founder (2002) and Director of the progressive think tank "Laboratorio de Alternativas", director of the research program on "Equality and redistribution of income" at the Fundación Argentaria (1991-1994). He had been Lecturer at the University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) on Employment and Social Security Law, "Senior managers in Government" program at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He followed-up studies at L’École Pratique des Hautes Études de Paris and graduated in Law and Economics at the University of Deusto (Bilbao).
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Interview conducted by Mario Siragusa, Cleary Gottlieb, Rome and Brussels. 1. One of the greatest successes of your mandate has been the adoption of the antitrust damage directive, which you expect will extend access to justice to claim compensation for such damages to SMEs and individual (...)
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In his keynote speech delivered at the "New Frontiers of Antitrust 2014" conference in Paris, the 21th February 2014, Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner responsible for Competition Policy, reminds the importance of the Competition policy in the context of the « after » economic crisis. He describes in (...)
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In his keynote speech delivered at the "New Frontiers of Antitrust 2013" Paris conference on February 22, Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner responsible for Competition Policy, reminds the importance of the Internal Market in the context of the economic recovery and job creation. He discusses the (...)
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The EU’s best route to recovery from the crisis is to tap the huge potential of the internal market. To do this, modern industrial policy and robust competition enforcement must work together to put Europe back on track and kick start sustainable growth. Through direct effective enforcement the (...)
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Dans cet article, Joaquim Almunia, vice-président de la Commission européenne et responsable de la politique de concurrence, fait un bilan de sa première année en tant que commissaire de la concurrence et donne son point de vue sur les objectifs à tenir en 2011. Pour lui, il faut plus de concurrence (...)
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In this contribution, Vice-President Almunia addresses the issue of private enforcement and gives a brief survey of the first nine months in office. With regard to private enforcement, he announces a new round of public consultation in respect of collective redress. He confirms that his goal is (...)
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EU competition policy in 2010 and beyond Joaquín Almunia Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Competition Policy I am very pleased to be with you today in Paris for this first annual conference of the ReviewConcurrences, which coincides with my first days as European (...)
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