Supporters of free markets often have a general feeling that there is too much regulation or that it is too intrusive … susceptible to accusations of either exaggerating the impact of regulation or not caring about the environment, workers, children … a national level from its regulations. Regulation has been a tool of EU integration. The implications of this driver …

Parliament and devolved administration were created in 1999, though without powers over telecommunications or competition law …

In recent decades, the European postal industry has undergone profound reforms, which aim to promote competition while … emergence of competition will foster innovation in the postal sector. Indeed, increased direct competition with new market … entrants and indirect competition with information technologies in the sector represent great challenges to the traditional …