DPP backs down from Vestager nomination

Posted on 01. Mar, 2019 in: News

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) committed a ‘major, major’ mistake by throwing its support behind Margrethe Vestager’s candidacy for EU Commission President, leading political commentator Hans Engell said yesterday after the populist party’s…

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DPP backing for Vestager’s EU president dream

Posted on 28. Feb, 2019 in: News

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) have surprisingly announced they will support Margrethe Vestager’s candidacy for President of the European Commission. Ms Vestager’s five-year term as European Competition Commissioner is coming to an end…

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EU voters see Vestager as Commission President

Posted on 20. Feb, 2019 in: News

Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager is the most popular EU Commissioner in Brussels and the clear favourite to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the European Commission, according to the results of a…

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Vestager urges Denmark to accept EU digital tax

Posted on 11. Feb, 2019 in: News

Danish EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has expressed disappointment over Denmark’s unwillingness to support a European digital tax. The commission laid out its digital tax proposal almost a year ago, arguing it would promote…

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Vestager criticised for focus on Danish lobbyists

Posted on 07. Feb, 2019 in: News

EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, renowned for her well-publicised crackdown on tax avoidance schemes by big U.S. companies such as Google, Apple, and Facebook, has come under fire herself. A report by Corporate…

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Vestager slaps Mastercard with €570m fine

Posted on 23. Jan, 2019 in: News

After punishing Google, Facebook, and Apple, Denmark’s aggressive EU Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has now fined global credit card giant Mastercard €570m ($647m) for limiting competition between banks. “By preventing merchants from shopping…

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Vestager named top ‘global thinker’

Posted on 15. Jan, 2019 in: News

Denmark’s EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager figures prominently on Foreign Policy’s (FP) annual list of the top 100 Global Thinkers. The full list won’t be released until Tuesday, Jan. 22, but FP is revealing…

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Vestager targets new U.S. company

Posted on 11. Jan, 2019 in: News

Apple, Google, Facebook…and now Nike. Denmark’s EU Competion Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, who’s previously targeted tax evasion by global IT companies, has now launched an in-depth investigation to examine whether tax rulings granted by…

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Vestager won’t ease up on tech giants as term comes to an end

Posted on 04. Jan, 2019 in: News

Former Social Liberal (R) leader Margrethe Vestager’s five-year term as European Competition Commissioner is coming to an end in November but analysts believe she will continue to target global tech companies’ tax abuse…

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Vestager on EU liberals’ Commission President list

Posted on 19. Dec, 2018 in: News

Denmark’s EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager isn’t comfortable about being named as a possible candidate for Commission President next year on a list led by Belgium’s Guy Verhofstadt, who has repeatedly called for…

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