Google has been fined a record £2.1bn by the European Commission for abusing is market dominance online to promote its own shopping comparison service.
Browsing: European Commission
Business
EU imposes £2.1bn fine on Google for market distortion
Europe
EU explained: A beginner’s guide to Brussels
Explaining how the European Parliament and Commission combine to represent the interests of 28 member states.
Europe
Refugee crisis: Juncker appeals to European hearts
We need more Europe in our asylum policy. We need more Union in our refugee policy,” says the Commission president.
Europe
Cameron’s attempt to block Juncker is a masterclass in how to lose friends in Europe
Instead of practising the important art of masterly inactivity, Prime Minister David Cameron has been conducting a hyperactive and quite ineffective campaign to block the appointment of Luxembourg’s former prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission.
Europe
Cameron left isolated after EU leaders nominate Juncker as Commission president
Prime Minister David Cameron was left with only Hungarian PM Viktor Orban for support as 26 out of 28 EU leaders voted to appoint former Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission.