Germany’s vice chancellor and minister for economic affairs, Sigmar Gabriel, has stated that a break-up of Google as a company “must be seriously considered’, as it has such a dominant market position.
In an opinion piece for German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Sigmar Gabriel described the move as the “ultima ratio”, or last resort, in a bid to prevent the Internet behemoth from systematically taking out competitors.
The piece, which ran on Friday, follows the competition complaint placed by ...
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