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EU: Hurry up with the Google case say MEP’s

By  |  March 11, 2015

The European Commission’s antitrust investigation into Google’s search practices should be resolved right away, because otherwise it risks losing its credibility on digital issues, according to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

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    A large majority of Parliament members voted on Tuesday to adopt a report on EU competition policy prepared by one of its members that urges the EC to speed up its Google anti-trust probe: 526 MEPs voted in favor, 108 voted against it and 59 abstained.

    The MEPs welcomed further investigations by the Commission into Google’s practices in the mobile sector and in the digital market in general. But the report blasts the Commission, saying that despite a four-year investigation and three sets of commitment proposals, it “has achieved no demonstrable results” in its main concern: probing whether Google gives its own services preferential treatment in search results.

     

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