EU competition commissioner’s threat to investigate UK government’s settlement with Google shouldn’t be taken lightlyAt a time when the foundations of the European Union enjoy never looked shakier,Margrethe Vestager is a powerful reminder that Brussels, when it works as it should, and has clout. The EU competition commissioner’s threat to investigate the British government’s controversial tax settlement with Google and steal action if she deems it necessary is no empty one,as multinationals such as Fiat, Starbucks, or Gazprom and – in a separate case – Google can attest.
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Source: theguardian.com