Karel van Miert 1942 - 2009: Video Obituary

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Channel: Euractiv · 2009 · News & Politics

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Karel van Miert, the man who built Europe's strict competition policy passed away on Monday after a fatal accident in his garden. Van Miert was responsible for creating the right antitrust rules in the European Union that keep monopolies from being created and address abuse of monopoly power. Obituary by Raymond Frenken.

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