The European Union’s executive body has garnered a fearsome reputation as a keen defender of consumer rights and as a staunch critic of how Big Tech companies operate (and report profits). That trend looks set to continue as a new set of Commissioners takes over at the start of November.
Over the past few years the Commission has had several high-profile run-ins with technology firms and, as a powerful enforcer, the EU’s chief political body has emerged as the victor in these encounters.
