The government needs permission to break-up the banks from European competition commissioner Neelie Kroes.
Ms Kroes suggested that this was at odds with earlier statements by the deputy prime minister.
Instead of appealing, Ms Kroes decided to start a new investigation into the Livret Bleu.
It is more difficult to understand why Ms Kroes has decided to push the case.
Ms Kroes has made the fight against price fixing and other competition violations one of her main priorities.
The European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes, announcing the funding in Brussels today, said that it "rewards homegrown scientific breakthroughs".
Also controversial is the proposed new competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes from the Netherlands.
Her agent, David Bonnouvrier, compares Kroes to Christy Turlington, another Calvin Klein muse.
's mind's eye, it would be the fearful apparition of the Netherlands' Neelie Kroes, the EU Commissioner for Competition.
The EU's digital agenda commissioner, Neelie Kroes, has called into question why the treaty needs to refer to the net.
"As of today, the major issues concerning compliance have been resolved, " Kroes said, but cautioned that Microsoft has ongoing obligations.
The European Union's competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, threatened to take action over what could have been a breach of EU competition rules.
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"Otherwise, the European Union's single market will descend into chaos, " Kroes added.
An impressive CV now hangs round Ms Kroes's neck like a millstone.
European Union digital commissioner Neelie Kroes said measures to be introduced in February would require EU member states to cooperate with each other.
On February 16th Ms Kroes warned energy companies they could face tough antitrust penalties for squeezing out competitors and keeping prices unreasonably high.
In a letter to the European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, Lord Mandelson said Magna's plan was more expensive than that of a rival bidder.
And Kroes still wants Ballmer--ranked No. 11 on the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list--to get his house in order, or he'll face further action.
Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes told delegates at CeBIT that the EU's competitiveness is "under threat" if it cannot fill the expertise gap.
Perhaps Oracle has managed to antagonise Ms Kroes by not taking her seriously and accusing the commission of destroying jobs by holding up the merger.
Kroes said she had shown restraint on the latest fines, since the EU could conceivably fine a company up to 5% of its annual global revenue.
The EU Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes - who has responsibility for media issues - said she was "gravely concerned" by the situation in Hungary.
The EU's Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes recently suggested that mobile users who found themselves disconnected for using Skype should "vote with their feet" and change provider.
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They include Neelie Kroes, the Dutch nominee who has been assigned the competition portfolio, and Mariann Fischer Boel, a Dane who has been nominated as agriculture commissioner.
ON's bid does, however, pose a dilemma for Neelie Kroes, the competition commissioner, because it runs counter to her efforts to increase competition in European energy markets.
But Neelie Kroes, the competition commissioner, rejects any comparison between the car industry and the financial sector, and has warned member countries against offering their carmakers unfair subsidies.
Neelie Kroes, the competition commissioner, is on her way out.
Next time Neelie Kroes, the commission's vice-president, comes calling to express her worries about media freedom, Mr Orban can direct her to the website that brought down a president.
The latest fine is a record for a single company, imposed as what EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes calls "a reasonable response to a series of quite unreasonable actions".
It is a conference that has attracted some high profile speakers - from the EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes to the President of Estonia to the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.
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