I have given Microsoft every opportunity to comply with its obligations. However, I have been left with no alternative other than to proceed via the formal route to ensure Microsoft's compliance. |
I think national champions are absolute nonsense. This rhetoric is extremely dangerous. |
I wanted to ensure that consumers would not have to pay higher prices for the life-saving medical devices produced by these two companies, |
If [there is] no such innovation [in the technology Microsoft describes in the technical information the company must supply to competitors], no remuneration can be charged by Microsoft. |
If we pursue the line we are following now, there will be fines and they won't be small fines. |
In the coming weeks and months the commission will launch individual antitrust investigations. We are just at the beginning of a period of more intensive antitrust enforcement. |
It is not acceptable for customers in one member state to pay the price for a company to become a bigger player in other member states. The ruling shows that in these cases it is essential that companies propose adequate remedies in order to guarantee sufficient competition from other firms. |
It was a surprise that they decided to disclose the source code. |
It's interesting, and it will certainly get a lot of attention. |
Member states are sometimes tempted to seek to protect their industrial or financial crown jewels from takeovers by companies from other countries, ... We have seen such signals from France just recently. |
Most gas and electricity markets remain highly concentrated. This reflects the old market structure of national or regional monopolies. Incumbents often retain a firm control of the liberalized markets, each of them within its own traditional territory. |
Persistent concentration is a core problem in the markets. So there can be no alternative to meticulous scrutiny of future merger operations. |
The E.U.-U.S. Open Aviation Area agreement therefore envisages the establishment of a broadly similar cooperation framework between the Commission and the Department of Transportation. |
The election of this excellent politician would be wonderful for the whole of Europe, |
The payment cards industry in Europe remains national and some local players are preventing competition from developing. |