Goed nieuws voor de 23 ‘vacaturesites’ die een klacht hebben ingediend tegen Google for Jobs in verband met concurrentievervalsing; de vorige EU commissaris is ook de nieuwe EU commissaris. Techcrunch maakte hiervan melding in een lang artikel over de speech van de aankomende EC president Ursula von der Leyen.
Under the draft list of commissioners-designate, which still needs to be approved in full by the European Parliament, Vestager has been named executive VP overseeing a new portfolio called ‘Europe fit for the digital age’.
But, crucially, she will also retain the competition portfolio — which implies attention on growing Europe’s digital economy will go hand in glove with scrutiny of fairness in ecommerce and ensuring a level playing field vs US platform giants.