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...Ms Vestager held out the possibility that the EU would work to settle the complaints with Amazon....
...The landmark ruling dealt a big blow to the EU and Ms Vestager in particular....
...In June, Ms Vestager announced two antitrust investigations into Apple, one of which concerned the App Store....
...Ms Vestager has indicated to telecoms companies in recent weeks that she would welcome more cross-border deals....
...“Removal is not a solution for disinformation if we are to fully uphold fundamental values and protect freedom of speech,” said Ms Jourova in a speech last year....
...“This statement by Ms Dixon is simply wrong,” Kelber wrote, explaining how the German authority took swift action shortly after the ruling and continues to actively engage with businesses over its ramifications...
...“We use technology to be fast and nimble and to understand our customers and why they may have missed on payments,” says Ms McMurray....
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...In a recent post on Facebook, Ms Varga said she intended to submit a bill in the spring to “regulate the domestic operations of large tech companies”....
...But Ms Vestager said she saw the national efforts as “encouragement”....
...“In a more connected world, you’ll need more connected sensors,” says Ms Garde. “There are areas of technology where we have a lot of experience and we are open to licensing them.”...
...Recruitment policies are instrumental in tackling gender diversity, Ms Van Rijsseghem explains....
...Earlier this year, Ms Jourova said: “I think it’s clear that the time for gentleman’s agreements with the online platforms is over. We need more than this.”...
...Ms Vestager said in an online press conference that generic drugs cost as much as 90 per cent less than branded equivalents and that the Teva Cephalon arrangement was illegal in the EU....
...javier.espinoza@ft.com; @JavierespFTsam.fleming@ft.com; @Sam1Fleming...
...Inside Brussels there are also tensions between Ms Vestager, the incumbent in digital technology, and Mr Breton, who was appointed to the European Commission last December....
...Ms Keijzer said the countries’ alignment on Big Tech was a sign they were willing to meet each other “halfway” in their demands for the Digital Services Act....
...While there have been calls for a tougher line to force platforms to be more proactive, Ms Jourova warned that being too tough would have an adverse effect....
...After smashing that glass ceiling, however, Ms Dawson’s challenges are just beginning....
...Advisers also say they have been more productive, with less travel giving extra time to focus on client work and better service, Ms Espinoza says....
...Ms Goyens noted that Ms Vestager’s expanded job was about nothing less than levelling the playing field for the EU tech sector by clamping down on tax dodges, privacy violations and other attempts by foreign...
...However, Ms Colin-Dubuisson said she did “not believe this shows that the commission will be more flexible or will have a different doctrinal approach to merger control . . ....
...The key test of her strategy was always likely to come in the courts — and now, in her second term, Ms Vestager is reeling from a series of defeats....
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