Neelie Kroes
Neelie Kroes
Neelie Kroesis a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy...
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Persistent concentration is a core problem in the markets. So there can be no alternative to meticulous scrutiny of future merger operations.
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We expect that Microsoft will design Vista in a way which is in line with European competition laws.
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The solution we have reached will benefit football fans while allowing the Premier League to maintain its timetable for the sale of its rights. The new commitments will increase the availability of media rights and improve the prospect of competition in providing services to consumers.
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Both gas and electricity markets are still largely national. (Incumbents) seem to have limited interest in going out and competing in their neighbors' territory.
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I wanted to ensure that consumers would not have to pay higher prices for the life-saving medical devices produced by these two companies,
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We will act decisively to remedy the serious malfunctions identified on the energy market in order to uphold the interests of European consumers and industry and to help Europe become more competitive.
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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.
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We have had informal complaints, and we are using our time now to look at them. We're not going to wait and do nothing.
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Greece must implement this (law) immediately to ensure that Greek businesses and households are no longer denied the benefits enjoyed in other member states in terms of lower-priced and better-quality fixed (telephone lines) and access to new broadband services.
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If we pursue the line we are following now, there will be fines and they won't be small fines.
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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.
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I have given Microsoft every opportunity to comply with its obligations.
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There is a complete lack of timely and reliable information for both competitors and consumers.
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It's interesting, and it will certainly get a lot of attention.