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EU: Vestager gives Google rivals hope that Brussels will take action

By  |  April 9, 2015

Michael Weber of German online mapping service Hot-Map.com had a meeting with the new antitrust Chief Vestager this week, that left him with newfound hope that Brussels will take action at last to curb behaviour by the US Internet giant, which he blames for hurting his business.

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    Danish politician Margrethe Vestager, who took over the EU competition portfolio in November, inherited an anti-trust complaint by more than a dozen companies against Google, left unresolved by her Spanish predecessor Joaquin Almunia.

    “With Almunia, there was no real dialogue. With Vestager, it is different. The questions she asked us show that she understands the complainants’ problems,” said Weber.

     

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