The EU is doing politics, trying to capture population resentment at big tech, with a disproportionate fine for breaking rule 29.6.4.23.iv, while european companies have gotten away for decades with national monopolies.
EU has many problems of acceptance among the population, so they will play dirty as a marketing campaign (see case against AstraZeneca and anything british)
Germany and Italy recurrently ignore the Stability Pact rules, thereby threatening the fiscal and monetary stability of the region. But when you are Germany or Italy, no one will complain and no judge will chase you.
That's very accurate indeed. Brussels is where careers go to die. We have the knowledge, network, expertise of 27 national governments and suddenly it's pushed aside by the ideological priorities of Merkel and European Commission. Result, continuous contradictions, delays, misguided and impossible initiatives, and the population of the 27 countries will spend a few more months locked down as there are no vaccines.
EU has many problems of acceptance among the population, so they will play dirty as a marketing campaign (see case against AstraZeneca and anything british)