28/06/2017 - Economy and the euro / Institutional affairs
Europeans expect their Union to do more. At a time when the EU is doing more than ever before to protect, empower and defend its citizens, resources continue to be stretched at the seams.
27/06/2017 - Business, taxation and competition / Consumer affairs and public health
The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service.
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