EU: Google must make more concessions within weeks, or else

The European Union is asking Google to propose more concessions in its attempt to settle an antitrust investigation that’s looking into the company’s search practices in the region, and the EU wants those concessions in the coming weeks, Reuters reports, not later down the road. “We need more and we need more not during the next year, we need more during the next weeks,” EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said, explaining to reporters that he is still waiting for Google to provide a response to his opinion that concessions offered so far are not enough to address the EU’s concerns. Almunia is referring to a statement he made in mid-December last year, when he said Google’s recent proposed concessions were

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