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FOREWORD - COMPETITION POLICY - FINANCIAL CRISIS - FRENCH REFORM

Competition policy and the return of the State: Are States two-sided ?

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Is there a contradiction between the desire to "mobilise competition as a new lever for growth", which appears in the title of Title II of the law on the modernisation of the economy, known as the LME law, and the series of measures adopted in recent weeks, both in the European Union and across the Atlantic, which everyone agrees to see as a significant return by the states? Even if the two movements can be reconciled, at the end of the year there are still many questions.

Forgive us for plagiarising the title of Martine Lombard's recentbook published before the summer... The title in the singular - its demonstration concerns only France - and affirmative was particularly premonitory. After the events of recent weeks, it is tempting to add a plural and a question mark? Would the data have changed that much between the beginning and the end of the summer? Is there a contradiction between the desire to "mobilise competition as a new lever for growth", which appears in the title of Title II of the law on the modernisation of the economy, known as the LME law, and the series of measures adopted in recent weeks, both in the European Union and across the Atlantic, and in which everyone agrees to see a significant return by the States. Even if the two

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Laurence Idot, Competition policy and the return of the State: Are States two-sided ?, December 2008, Concurrences N° 4-2008, Art. N° 22346, www.concurrences.com

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