April 2026 — Publications

Open Markets Institute Europe Reacts to the Digital Markets Act Review

The Open Markets Institute Europe warns that the Commission is failing to seize the full potential of the DMA to address harmful abuses of market power by digital gatekeepers.

Press Releases, StatementsOMI EuropeApril 30, 20262026, April 2026, Primary Feature

Open Markets Institute Unveils Advisory Council and New Hires to Counter Corporate Concentration and Defend European Democracy

The Open Markets Institute shares its news of expanding its European operations with new staff and the launch of a European Advisory Council – bringing together leading experts, technologists and former policymakers to defend fair markets and democratic accountability.

Press Releases, StatementsOMI EuropeApril 17, 20262026, April 2026

Fighting for Democracy Amid the AI Race: Designing Tech Industrial Policy to Promote Democratic Economic Governance

Open Markets' Europe director, Max von Thun, and industrial policy program manager, AudreyStienon, discuss in Competition Policy International's TechREG Chronicle how AI policy narratives framed around the goal of "winning" a global race threaten to undermine the democratic values that this technology is supposed to help defend. Instead, von Thun and Stienon present a vision for an industrial strategy for AI centered on democratic governance as a means of protecting the public interest.