Google Faces Potential EU Fine After Advocate General Backs Competition Ruling

According to Advocate General Juliane Kokott, the European Commission was right to find that Google’s business practices were anti-competitive.

The Advocate General’s opinion usually indicates the direction of the European Court of Justice’s final judgment, which is expected in a few months.

The lower court argued that the European Commission had failed to demonstrate “foreclosure effects”.

“The judgment under appeal should be set aside and the case referred back to the Court of Justice,” Advocate General Juliane Kokott writes.