Competition policy – annual report 2025

Tabled by Manon Aubry, Jussi Saramo, Martin Schirdewan, Marc Botenga

Added: 41a. Underlines that undertakings in the food and energy supply chains reaped abnormally high profits during the period of high inflation between 2021 and 2023; warns that renewed inflationary pressures, in particular those stemming from the ongoing energy shock, risk once again enabling companies with significant market power in essential goods markets to extract windfall gains from consumers and suppliers, as already reflected in the very high profits recorded by major fossil fuel companies in 2026, with a similar risk of excessive profit extraction in the agri-food sector; stresses that this requires particular vigilance from the Commission and national competition authorities, especially as almost 9 % of people in the EU are unable to afford a proper meal every second day;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.393