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Today we sent an open letter to Commissioner @vestager signed by the CEOs of 14 European comparison shopping services: foundem.co.uk/Comparison_Sho… #Google #Antitrust

Our take on the DMA: foundem.co.uk/Foundem_DMA_An… #DMA #DigitalMarketsAct

@UGambini @POLITICOEurope @SamuelStolton @chesseurope @POLITICOEUTech @POLITICOPro @ramontremosa @Andreas_Schwab @jason_kint @Caffar3Cristina @barryclynn @EU_Competition Congratulations and best of luck in your exciting new chapter! Many thanks for all of your important work on the Google case and DMA. You will be sorely missed!

PERSONAL NEWS: I’m leaving the EP after 15 years to join Avisa Partners as a Senior Director as of 3 January. For me it’s a new chapter and challenge! I look forward to working with Avisa Partners and their clients. Thx @POLITICOEurope Morning Tech: pro.politico.eu/news/144274

@AuerDirk @Google @EU_Competition Case closed: Black Knight wins (for now)

Welcome to modern economics. @Google wins. @EU_Competition loses. Why? Because, thankfully, the Commission's remedy does not prevent Google from outbidding its rivals for Shopping box placement. Rivals have sought to overturn the remedy, but last week's ruling strengthens it!

@simonvandorpe Yes. But the analysis of the judgment that EVP Vestager was referring to was in the context of assessing whether the “remedy” is acceptable.

@Foundem As far as I understood it, the thorough analysis related to the judgment, which is the part you left out

🤔… Vestager today on the “remedy” in the Google Search (Comparison Shopping) case: “We are not stating the success of the remedy; we are stating how the remedy has worked so far…I have no point of view, because it needs some more thorough analysis on our side.”

@jcbcp @vestager E.g. see: foundem.co.uk/fmedia/Foundem… and: searchneutrality.org/google/google-…

@jcbcp @vestager At some point (soon), Commissioner @vestager is going to need to come to terms with the fact that in addition to being brazenly non-compliant in its own right, Google vehemently argued during the appeal that its CSS Auction offers rival CSSs nothing that wasn’t already available.

A short thread on what comes next in Google Shopping following landmark @EUCourtPress judgment. Expect to hear about potential appeal, effectiveness of the remedy, complaints regarding other search verticals and private litigation. In short: the saga is far from over. (1/)

Just going through the detail of yesterday’s EU Court judgment against Google and so far (about half way) it doesn’t just reject Google’s arguments. It absolutely annihilates them. #GoogleShopping #antitrust

@LeConcurrential Hi Thibault, I hope you don’t mind me asking, do you have any direct or indirect financial ties to Google?

The General Court judgment (curia.europa.eu/juris/document…) is “kinda”.

Google statements from February 2020 and November 2021: PS: This case isn’t about “Shopping ads”. See: foundem.co.uk/Foundem_Respon…

@lewis_crofts @Martinned81 Good point about MS not appealing their loss. But by that point MS were bruised & battered by the whole experience. Whereas Google have had (&, barring yesterday, are continuing to have) a whale of a time. So far, Google has thumbed its nose at equal treatment & got away with it.

@Martinned81 I reckon they will appeal. But someone still has to go to the top table and implore the board that Bronner is a hill worth dying on. And, lest we forget, Microsoft didn't appeal their GC loss. Nothing is certain.

I've slept on it. Here's a 'tepid-take' (HT @DrMJCole) on Google ruling. - politically: huge for @vestager - practically: won't change much becoz #DMA is new kid in town, - legally: EU judges' stance on 'essential facility' will cause controversy & perhaps an appeal /thread

@markscott82 Sigh…for anyone wanting to make up their own mind about the extent to which this has (or has not) been a David and Goliath battle, please see our detailed Timeline spanning our 12-years-and-counting effort to bring Google to justice: foundem.co.uk/Foundem_Google…

Worth remembering: Google search case isn't about David vs. Goliath (sorry, @Foundem). It's about a decade-long corporate fight pitting Google against the likes of Microsoft, Naspers, Oracle, European publishers & other interests concerned about how they were losing lots of money

BREAKING: Google loses its #antitrust appeal against @EU_Commission in its shopping case. Judges reaffirm Google abused its dominant position by favoring its own services. The 2.4 billion euro fine also stands.

The General Court confirms our decision that Google abused its market dominance. Today's judgment delivers the clear message that Google's conduct was unlawful, and it provides the necessary legal clarity for the market.

@lewis_crofts @Google “Even harder”? Is Google’s brazenly non-compliant direct continuation of the same abuse identified by the Decision punishment enough? foundem.co.uk/fmedia/Foundem…

Plenty in the EU court judgment that could give @Google appetite for appeal. But that will likely be a political decision from the top, as much as a legal decision. Lots of rivals coming out saying EC should now go even harder against Google over shopping remedy & other markets

We said it in 2013 ! long waited win @ramontremosa @Andreas_Schwab @AlmuniaJoaquin 😊 🙌 👍 @vestager @EU_Competition

Ahead of tomorrow’s Judgment, we’ve updated our Timeline of the events leading up to and during the EC’s #antitrust Google Search (Comparison Shopping) case: foundem.co.uk/Foundem_Google…

Sharing with you the latest article I published on my blog… it’s meant to tell the story with a touch of humanity and a personal perspective 😊 Feel free to comment “ #Google case for dummies: The story of a journey! Working for unbundling since 2012” umbertogambini.eu

2/2 … first proposals and claims that Google has now offered "significant improvements" For those who want to know the chronology of events or have little reminder, great stuff by @Foundem : foundem.co.uk/Foundem_Google…

1/2 History2013 MEPs @ramontremosa & @Andreas_Schwab host a panel discussion at the European Parliament, entitled: The #Google Antitrust Case: What is at Stake? In a speech at the opening of this event, Commissioner @AlmuniaJoaquin acknowledges the negative feedback from Google's

@vestager @Europarl_EN @jvanovertveldt @EU_Competition Beautiful @EU_Competition report indeed! “Considers that the structural unbundling of Big Tech monopolies may be desirable for restoring competition in digital markets given the limits of fines and the failure of past behavioural remedies… “ europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…