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Union adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation

Dated 23 November 2022: Union adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Industrial-Policy Activism.

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Vestager’s competition portfolio supplied the enforcement design. Adoption is co-legislative.

Who was responsible

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

  • Margrethe Vestager

    Person

    Historical/complex contribution

    responsibility level 0.45 · verified

    The regulation is co-legislative; competition design and later enforcement sit in the portfolio she held.

What changed

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

    1. FactUnion adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation
    2. strengthensDriverIndustrial-Policy Activism

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 23 November 2022 · verified

    A foreign-subsidy screen increases the Union’s ability to condition distorted inbound capital.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Commission — Foreign Subsidies RegulationEuropean Commission · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 — foreign subsidiesEUR-Lex · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of 14 December 2022 lets the Commission review foreign-subsidised mergers and bids.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorMargrethe Vestager
  2. contributed toFactUnion adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation
  3. strengthensDriverIndustrial-Policy Activism

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Factrail. (2026). Union adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-foreign-subsidies-2022

https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-foreign-subsidies-2022

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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