Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Margrethe Vestager.
The EU Ombudsman has escalated an investigation regarding ‘revolving doors’ at the European Commission. Their focus will be on Margrethe Vestager’s well-connected and powerful competition department, which has lost some of its experienced people to prominent law firms. The regulators, who ... Read more
3 years ago
US tech giants like Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon should be regulated by the EU country they are based in, under proposed EU rules, according to top lawmakers. The stance pushes back efforts by some European countries to broaden the act’s reach. We can only assume that the tech giants are... Read more
3 years ago
The move aims to help secure a G20-backed global corporate tax deal Brussels plans to delay plans for its controversial digital levy until the autumn in an effort to boost the prospects of a global corporate tax reform deal. News of the delay appeared in the Financial Times this week. The pur... Read more
3 years ago
Amazon does not have to pay back 250 million euros in tax to the European Union. This was ruled by a judge after the company was accused of paying too little tax through a financial construction in Luxembourg. In 2017, the European Commission ruled that Luxembourg had given an unfair tax advanta... Read more
3 years ago
The European Parliament is wrestling internally with the question of which committee should take the lead in tackling big tech companies within the European Union. The legislative proposal for the regulation of digital platforms may be delayed as a result, according to the Financial Times. Accor... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union has put forward a proposal to extend by 10 years the law requiring telecoms providers to offer free roaming within the EU. The original law expires in 2022. In addition to extending the legislation, the EU wants to add some additional guarantees to the legislation. One example... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union has announced its official plans for the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. With the legislation, the EU aims to prevent unfair competition in the tech market and protect users' online rights. The new proposals have been published on the EU website. Digital Servi... Read more
3 years ago
The EU appears to have decided on the yardsticks by which it will distinguish tech giants who have to comply with stricter legislation. The yardsticks are based on the number of users and the areas in which companies operate. With the criteria, the EU wants to distinguish large technology compan... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union has introduced a set of guidelines that oblige technology giants such as Microsoft and Google to be more transparent about the operation of their search engines. Other companies complain that search engines such as Google and Bing are too opaque. The guidelines are effective i... Read more
3 years ago
Margrethe, European Commissioner for Competition, is working on a set of criteria to determine when a company can be defined as dominant. Such companies will have to comply with stricter legislation. The legislation is mainly intended to keep tech giants like Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google i... Read more
3 years ago
