A motion in the European Parliament to be debated tomorrow and voted on on Thursday has raised the ire of the United States.
Two MEPs are proposing that Google should be dismembered because its power is excessive.
And even though the European Parliament has no powers to enforce such a move, it’s attracted ire from the US mission to the EU, according to Reuters.
In an email to the the EU the mission said it was concerned about the call to dismember Google.
It added that looking at competitive problems and remedies should be based on objective and impartial information and “not be politicised”.
If the European Parliament votes for the motion on Thursday, that’s likely to put pressure on the European Commission to step up its investigations.
Google has been under scrutiny by the EC – a separate entity from the parliament for four years following complaints by all and sundry that it is behaving in an antitrust manner.
