Laws are not a bargaining chip

The EU Commission President’s subservience seems to know no bounds. Google constantly violates EU law and should therefore actually expect a fine in the billions. Campact writes on its petition platform WeAct: This fine was actually supposed to be imposed in March, but nothing has happened since then. Now the media is reporting: EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has halted the fine under pressure from the U.S. – because Washington has been up in arms against Europe’s competition rules for months. The EU Parliament is already calling on the Commission to take decisive action.

To ensure that Parliament prevails on this demand, the Rebalance Now association is launching a petition on WeAct, Campact’s petition platform. We must make it clear to Ursula von der Leyen: EU laws are not up for negotiation — not even for U.S. corporations! They must apply to everyone!

In the petition linked below, we call on Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission: Enforce the Digital Markets Act consistently against Google. Defend our democratic rules against the power of the big tech corporations. As Campact writes, media reports are mounting that she personally blocked a billion-euro fine against Google — even though the EU competition authority had apparently already closed the case. For years, Google has been violating the Digital Markets Act and, despite a ban by the EU, is expanding its dominant position online at the expense of competitors

Read more https://weact.campact.de/petitions/von-der-leyen-nicht-einknicken-vor-google

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