The European Union, since its inception, has been engaged in a continuous and consistent struggle to establish and implement rational competition rules for businesses. The need for strict compliance with these rules has increased exponentially since the beginning of the global economic and financial crisis.

The Union is dedicated to intensive efforts both to effectively protect small businesses and to avoid supporting any problematic businesses. Its main objectives include promoting market liberalization, fighting against monopolies, and closely monitoring both state aid and mergers.

It is clear that healthy and "constructive" competition within the Union generously provides valuable assistance to European businesses, enabling them to strengthen and survive even in the most challenging conditions of global competition. The author's goal is to critically examine the Union's activities in these complex issues and determine whether and under what conditions there is indeed room for economic recovery.