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Union adopts the Digital Markets Act

It was a headline item in von der Leyen's 2019 political guidelines. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital-Rights and Platform-Power Regulation, a driver that strengthens Alternative sources of information index — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2][3]

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It was a headline item in von der Leyen's 2019 political guidelines. Day-to-day competition design sat with Executive Vice-President Vestager and the internal-market commissioner. Adoption is again a co-legislative act.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Margrethe Vestager

    Person

    Shared responsibility

    responsibility level 0.7 · verified

    She designed the competition-side ex-ante model. Co-legislators enacted the regulation. National authorities still help enforce.

  • Thierry Breton

    Person

    Shared responsibility

    responsibility level 0.5 · verified

    He owned industrial and much of the digital implementation shop. Vestager owned competition. Co-legislators enacted.

  • Ursula von der Leyen

    Person

    Historical/complex contribution

    responsibility level 0.45 · verified

    The President set digital-gatekeeper regulation as a Commission priority in the 2019 political guidelines; Vestager led the file through College and co-legislation.

  • Roberta Metsola

    Person

    Shared responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    She presided the House that co-legislated. Vestager owned competition. Breton owned industrial implementation.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified3 sources on file
  1. 1.Commission — Digital Markets ActEuropean Commission · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.European Commission — Digital Markets ActEuropean Commission · High credibility · verified
  3. 3.Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 — Digital Markets ActPublications Office of the European Union · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of 14 September 2022, the Digital Markets Act, designates gatekeepers and imposes obligations on self-preferencing, interoperability, and data combination.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. Actors (4)Margrethe Vestager
  2. contributed toFactUnion adopts the Digital Markets Act
  3. strengthensDriverDigital-Rights and Platform-Power Regulation
  4. strengthensIndicatorAlternative sources of information index

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Factrail. (2026). Union adopts the Digital Markets Act. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-digital-markets-act-2022

https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-digital-markets-act-2022

Accessed 15 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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