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.

Neil Hodge is a freelance business journalist and photographer based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He writes on insurance and risk management, corporate governance, internal audit, compliance, and legal...