Open Markets Institute
OMI
Open Markets uses research and journalism to expose the dangers of monopolization, identifies changes in policy and law to address them, and educates policymakers, academics, movement groups, and other influential stakeholders to establish open, competitive markets that support a strong, just, and inclusive democracy.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Daniele Calisti (Head of Unit Competition) and ARTICLE 19 and
19 Jan 2026 · Consultation on the review of Merger Guidelines
Meeting with Rasmus Andresen (Member of the European Parliament) and LobbyControl
19 Nov 2025 · EU Merger Guidelines
Meeting with Ioana-Maria Gligor (Head of Unit Secretariat-General)
21 Oct 2025 · Follow-up to correspondence to the President / defending digital sovereignty
Meeting with Thomas Schmitz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)
24 Sept 2025 · Democracy Shield
Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Sept 2025 · Event: Google on trial: is a transatlantic break-up possible?
Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Acting Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and ARTICLE 19 and Meliore Foundation
15 Jul 2025 · Civil societies’ joint statement to the Council presidency during the Gdańsk Digital Summit in June
Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Acting Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and ARTICLE 19 and Meliore Foundation
15 Jul 2025 · Civil societies’ joint statement to the Council presidency during the Gdańsk Digital Summit in June
Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and APELL
5 Jun 2025 · Event: Nextcloud Summit
Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)
5 May 2025 · Tech and competition policy
Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Apr 2025 · Tech policy
Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)
10 Apr 2025 · Conference: “2025 Antitrust and Competition Conference - Economic Concentration and the Marketplace of Ideas
Meeting with Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (Executive Vice-President) and
7 Apr 2025 · Discussion on how civil society on competition policy and enforcement
Meeting with Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (Executive Vice-President) and
24 Mar 2025 · Exchange n the role of multilateralism and US-EU relations.
Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)
28 Jan 2025 · US Tech Policy
Meeting with Bart Groothuis (Member of the European Parliament)
2 Dec 2024 · Supply chain security
Meeting with Kim Van Sparrentak (Member of the European Parliament)
11 Sept 2024 · GDPR enforcement, digital infrastructure
Meeting with Martin Schirdewan (Member of the European Parliament) and LobbyControl
10 Sept 2024 · BigTech und Wettbewerb
Meeting with Kim Van Sparrentak (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Apr 2024 · AI and monopoly power
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament) and LobbyControl and
15 Apr 2024 · Anti-Monopoly Conference
Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
4 Dec 2023 · Artificial Intelligence
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
7 Jun 2023 · Competition Policy
Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament)
13 Oct 2022 · Keynote at event 'How Monopoly Threatens Democracy and Security'