Vestager on espionage: ‘I knew nothing’
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager said yesterday that European countries ‘shouldn’t be spying on their neighbours’ in the wake of allegations that Denmark’s intelligence services helped the U.S. spy…
Vestager distances herself from espionage scandal
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has distanced herself from any knowledge of the espionage scandal when she was deputy prime minister in Denmark between 2011-14, a period when…
German praise for Vestager: ‘One of Europe’s most powerful women’
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager is characterised as one of the brightest stars in Brussels and one of Europe’s most powerful women by Germany international broadcaster DW News…
Vestager slaps banks with €371m fine for cartel
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager, the head of competition policy in the EU, fined three banks – the Swiss UBS, Italian UniCredit, and Japanese Nomura – €371m ($452m)…
Vestager targets China with unfair competition proposal
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has proposed legislation that would prevent companies backed with state aid from buying EU businesses – a policy aimed at fending off unfair…
Vestager targets Google, Amazon and Facebook…again
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager launched new measures, Tuesday, aimed at restricting U.S. ‘Big Tech’ companies. She told reporters at a Brussels press conference: “We now have such…
Vestager attacks Amazon…again
A probe into Amazon has confirmed that the internet retail giant is in breach of EU antitrust rules, Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager said yesterday. The former Social Liberal…
Vestager denies knowledge of sex violations during time as Social Liberal leader
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has denied any knowledge of sexual violations taking place during her time as Social Liberal leader or after she quit in 2014 to take…
After tax defeat, Vestager hits back at Apple
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has launched a broad anti-competition inquiry into ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) technologies such as voice assistants and connected mobile devices. After losing a high-profile…
Vestager’s tax defeat a threat to Danish welfare
Margrethe Vestager’s defeat in the EU tax battle with Apple should be a major concern for the Danish government according to left-leaning daily Politiken. In a hard hitting editorial the paper claims that that…
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