Margrethe Vestager
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 56 |
Date of birth | April 13,1968 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Glostrup |
Denmark | |
Height | 179 (cm) |
Spouse | Thomas Jensen |
Party | Danish Social Liberal Party |
Children | Ella Jensen |
Rebecca Jensen | |
Maria Jensen | |
Job | Politician |
Education | Copenhagen University |
Varde Gymnasium | |
Position | European Commissioner for Competition since 2014 |
Nationality | Danish |
Previous position | Minister for Economic Affairs of Denmark (2011–2014) |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 430905 |
Margrethe Vestager Life story
Margrethe Vestager is a Danish politician currently serving as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age since December 2019 and European Commissioner for Competition since 2014.
European outcry forces US economist to drop top job
... EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who has earned a reputation for taking on some of the biggest US tech firms, had robustly defended the appointment before MEPs in Brussels on Tuesday and described her corporate experience as an asset...
Discrimination bigger concern from AI than human extinction, says EU
... Margrethe Vestager told the BBC " guardrails" were needed to counter the technology s biggest risks...
Five key challenges to make AI safe
... The Artificial Intelligence Act will not come into force until at least 2025 - " way too late" EU technology chief Margrethe Vestager says...
UK to host global AI 'safety measure' summit in autumn
... EU tech chief Margrethe Vestager said last month that would be " way too late" and said it was working on a voluntary code for the sector with the US, which they hoped could be drawn up within weeks...
EU Parliament approves common charging cable from 2024
... EU commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager celebrated the new rule on Twitter, citing the " waste and inconvenience" of having multiple chargers...
Apple sued over Apple Pay payment system
... In discussing the European Union s probe of Apple s mobile payment policies in May, the bloc s digital chief Margrethe Vestager said Apple claimed it couldn t provide access to NFC for security reasons...
EU accuses Apple of breaking competition law over contactless payments
... " We have indications that Apple restricted third-party access to key technology necessary to develop rival mobile wallet solutions on Apple s devices, " EU Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said in a statement...
MPs summon of China-owned company execs over security concerns
... The call for evidence comes a day after the EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager warned that the companies, many of which were in the EU - or are pushed to the brink of bankruptcy by the economic effects of the Coronavirus are prone to the acquisition of Chinese companies...
European outcry forces US economist to drop top job
By Paul KirbyBBC News
A highly qualified American economist, Fiona Scott Morton, has pulled out of a top European Commission post After Her appointment prompted widespread European criticism.
She Said that " given the political controversy" The Best course of action was not to take up The Job of Chief Competition Economist.
The loudest objections to her appointment came from France.
President Emmanuel Macron waded into the issue saying he was " dubious".
" Are there no great European researchers who have The Academic skills for this job? If that's our conclusion then it's extremely worrying, " he told reporters on Tuesday.
If someone of that calibre was not available He Said Europe's academic systems had a very big problem, pointing out that US and Chinese rules would have barred a European from getting the same kind of job.
Ms Scott Morton, a Yale University economics professor, is undoubtedly highly qualified, having worked for the US justice department's antitrust department during the Obama presidency.
But she has also worked as a consultant for big tech firms such as Apple, Microsoft and Amazon - exactly the kind of big tech digital giants Her Job would have required to challenge in her role as chief competition economist in Brussels.
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager , who has earned a reputation for taking on some of the biggest US tech firms, had robustly defended The Appointment before MEPs in Brussels on Tuesday and described her corporate experience as an asset.
But in a statement on Wednesday " with regret and full respect for her integrity".
OLIVIER HOSLET/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockFiona Scott Morton said her decision had been made not only because of the political storm surrounding her appointment but also the importance of the European Union 's competition directorate having the full backing of the EU.
That prospect had become increasingly slim in recent days, not just because of President Macron's intervention.
There was also opposition from several of Ms Vestager's Commission colleagues.
And The Four biggest political blocs in the, saying they had " learnt with dismay" that a non-EU candidate could hold such a prominent position " at a time of intense scrutiny of our institutions vis-a-vis foreign interference".
However, Philippe Lamberts , co-president of The Greens , said that after talking to Ms Scott Morton.
Some commentators, such as European Think Tank Bruegel, said criticism of The Appointment was unjustified as The Role involved overseeing economic evidence in competition enforcement and protected The Process not the competitors.
French Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole said " the European Commission and more broadly us Europeans" were very lucky to have attracted someone of her calibre.
Mr Vestager told MEPs on Tuesday that the suggestion that someone's nationality might lead to bias was " questionable" and that Prof Scott Morton would need to recuse herself from only handful of cases.
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