Google appears to have managed to avoid a costly fine in Europe where the Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia was investigating the company for antitrust practices related to its local Search business, after a third settlement offer was apparently accepted by the EU. However, due to the secrecy surrounding the event, several members of the European parliament (MEP) have already cast their doubts over the deal, The Register reports. For some reason, Google competitors, consumers, MEPs and the press did not actually receive access to Google’s proposed concessions. Almunia on Wednesday said that testing the new search concessions wasn’t necessary, when asked about the absence of testing by journalists, joking that he had become an “expert” on search. However, not all MEPs
Google’s super-secret EU antitrust deal already raising eyebrows
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