Ribera Auditions for Powerful EU Antitrust Job: Brussels Edition

Welcome to the Brussels Edition, Bloomberg’s daily briefing on what matters most in the heart of the European Union.

A Spanish socialist with an appetite for tackling the world’s biggest polluters is on course to become the EU’s next antitrust chief at a moment in which the bloc is confronting some of the world’s most powerful companies and tussling with the US and China for industrial supremacy. Teresa Ribera’s approval isn’t a lock, and she’ll face some tough questions about Spain’s response to last month’s floods in Valencia when she meets with European parliamentarians later this evening. But if she makes it through, ...