Margrethe Vestager, who as the enforcer of competition policy for the EU has taken on such companies as Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Qualcomm, will remain in charge of EU competition policy for another five years and assume the additional role of the EU’s chief of digital policy, Ursula von der Leyen, the incoming president of the European Commission, announced on Tuesday.
In a surprise move, von der Leyen, a former defence minister of Germany, proposed giving Vestager the competition portfolio for a second term. In that role, she looks to end anti-competitive behaviour, vets mergers and breaks up cartels.
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