When Margrethe Vestager took office, the European commissioner for competition was so concerned about accusations that her department was unfairly persecuting American companies that she ordered an internal investigation.
“I was afraid that there could be a bias,” she acknowledged Thursday, speaking as part of the opening panel at “European Divides: A Make or Break Year for the Union,” the launch event for POLITICO in Europe. “So I asked my services to look into our recent history.”
The verdict, she said: no evidence of partiality. But the move highlights concerns at the highest level of the Commission about perceptions of an anti-US …read more
Source: European Voice
