After the speech, Alumnia said a decision has not yet been made regarding whether the commission will begin an antitrust investigation of Google.

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Even Joaquin Alumnia, the European Union's economic and monetary affairs commissioner who is against the "financial socialism" of bank bailouts, admits these were exceptional times.

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In January, when the issue was raised by a Euro-MP, European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Alumnia said the commission had no evidence the Windows 8 security requirements violated EU competition rules.

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