ReutersĬompanies critical of Google’s business practices, and prominent members of the French and German governments, have assailed the proposed settlement as doing too little to improve competition in online searches and advertising. The EU’s antitrust commissioner Joaquin Almunia says he might still place charges on Google over its search practices. And any action would still be months away. Almunia or a diplomatic nod to the company’s many critics in Europe was not clear. Google has been trying to resolve the three-year case and avoid a potential fine of up to $US5 billion.īut whether the announcement was an indication of a new hard line by Mr.
Almunia in February by agreeing to display rivals’ links more prominently in its search results. The announcement, by Joaquín Almunia, is a potential blow for Google, which reached a tentative deal with Mr. The European Union’s antitrust chief said Tuesday that he might yet take a tougher stance toward Google in a long-running case that he and the company have been in talks to settle for more than a year.
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