Teresa Ribera, executive vice-president of the new European Commission, succeeds Margrethe Vestager, and is now responsible for enforcing EU antitrust laws, enforcing the Digital Markets Act and combating antitrust practices. anti-competitive. This week, she gave an interview to Bloomberg, during which she recalled that a dismantling of Google is still under study.
“This is an issue that is of course on the agenda, and we are trying to work with other relevant competition authorities around the world, including the US competition authorities.”she said. “It is important to take into consideration this potential division, the divestiture of some of these activities. We will assess the situation on a case-by-case basis.”
In the United States, the Department of Justice is also calling for a dismantling
As a reminder, Margrethe Vestager had already mentioned the possibility of a dismantling of Googlein order to prevent anti-competitive practices in the field of online advertising. Otherwise, Teresa Ribera also makes this statement while in the United States, the Department of Justice recently requested a separation between Google and its Chrome browser.
As a reminder, in Uncle Sam’s Land, Google lost its antitrust lawsuit against the government. And now, justice must determine the measures to be applied. It was as part of this process that the Justice Department recommended forcing the sale of the Chrome browser. But for the moment, it is not certain that the judge will favor this option.
Indeed, for the American government, this separation “will permanently end Google’s control over this critical access point to search and allow competing search engines access to the browser that, for many users, is a gateway to the internet.”
- The European Union is still studying the dismantling of Google
- This was stated by the executive vice-president of the new European Commission, who succeeds Margrethe Vestager, and who now takes care of the application of EU antitrust laws
- Margrethe Vestager had mentioned this possible dismantling to prevent anti-competitive practices in the field of online advertising
- In the United States, the Department of Justice recently requested a separation between Google and its Chrome browser
