Vestager clears Apple Pay of competition violations
Denmark’s European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has found that Apple’s mobile payment service, Apple Pay, doesn’t breach any EU regulations, but said she’s willing to review the decision if there are any official complaints….
Vestager keeps fighting for second term
Although Denmark’s Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager acknowledged last week it would be an uphill struggle to win a second term next year she’s vowed to keep trying. In an interview with EU political website…
Vestager ‘desperate’ for new EU job
Former Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager is ‘desperately seeking’ a new, top EU job when her time as EU Commissioner comes to an end next year. According to news analysis think-tank, Mandag Morgen,…
Vestager targets German carmakers in EU probe
Denmark’s feisty Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager launched a probe Tuesday into concerns that Germany’s leading carmakers conspired to limit the development of clean emissions technology. The investigation is a decisive step from the…
Vestager dishes out more fines
After hitting Google with a record five-billion dollar fine last week Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager followed up, Tuesday, by imposing a fine of 111 million euros ($130 million) on four consumer…
Trump denounces Vestager’s Google fine
President Trump has attacked Danish EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s decision to fine Google $5.1bn for ‘serious illegal behaviour’. After the former Social Liberal leader said Google has used its Android mobile phone operating system…
Vestager slams Google with record fine
Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager hit Google with a record five-billion dollar fine on Wednesday for using its Android mobile operating system to squeeze out rivals. Ms Vestager also ordered Google to…
Vestager – future PM?
Although former Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager is hoping for a second term as European commissioner for competition she hasn’t ruled out the possibility of returning to Danish politics – and possibly as…
Vestager attacks Google…again
Denmark’s EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is lining up a new hefty fine for Google. Ms Vestager has accused the search and mobile software giant of forcing phone makers to install its apps in return…
Vestager: We need data regulation
People are only now starting to understand the impact of social media and how companies might create a form of addiction amongst users, Danish EU Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, said in an interview…
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