What Vestager’s triumph over Apple • Table.Briefings

Press conference by Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, following the Court of Justice rulings on the Apple tax State aid and Google Shopping antitrust cases On 10 September 2024, Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age, and Commissioner for Competition, gives a press conference following the Court of Justice rulings on the Apple tax State aid and Google Shopping antitrust cases. — Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the EU Commission, is very relieved: The ECJ has confirmed the results of important competition proceedings that she had conducted against Apple and Google.

EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager can celebrate two ECJ rulings at the end of her term of office. The highest judges confirmed the results of two important competition proceedings that the Commission had conducted against Apple and Google.

Two court rulings in one day save Margrethe Vestager’s legacy as EU Competition Commissioner. The European Court of Justice confirmed her decisions to order Apple to pay €13 billion in back taxes in Ireland and to demand a fine of €2.4 billion for abuse of a dominant market position in the Google Shopping case.

What Vestager’s triumph over Apple and Google means

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