Margrethe Vestager Quotes
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In Europe, we have three tools when it comes to fair competition. One is antitrust, one is merger control, and the third is state aid control. And the third you don't have in the States.
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The benefits of globalization do not trickle down automatically. It takes politics to make sure that there is a benefit.
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If you, as a company, can get a deal that I, as a company, cannot get, you can compete with me but not on the merits, because your tax burden is not the same as mine.
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When we do merger rulings, we have strict deadlines: 25 days. It is extremely intensive, and you must decide how you can do it before your spouse says, 'You know I still love you, but please spend some more time at home.'
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I think any company should compete on the quality of their products, their prices, the novelty they can produce, their services, because that would be fair competition.
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If I had a motto, it would be, 'Believe in God, fear the church'.
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Competition is one of the most important drivers of innovation because you have to stay in the race. You have to think of something new, and if you don't, well, of course you should leave the market.
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Dominant companies can't abuse their position to create advantage in related markets.
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I think it's a completely good thing to want to do business, to want to make money and be a success in the marketplace, to get the attention of customers. I'm not in the business of pointing fingers or blaming companies, but there is a limit to everything.
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Few people think about politics every day. But they are in the market every day.
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If you want things done, you need to be able to find solutions.
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Planning is like taking on blinders. I think it is a wise thing to be open to whatever shows up on your doorstep.
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I think it is one of the fundamentals, not only of the European Union but also of free trade, that competition is fair.
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In Europe, we don't only take offence when one company is treating another company in a way that's illegal. We also look at if governments are joining up with companies that makes it more difficult for other companies. We also see that sometimes government actions can make it very difficult for businesses to compete on their merits.
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We have to take our democracy back. We cannot leave it to Facebook or Snapchat or anyone else. We have to take democracy back and renew it. Society is about people and not about technology.
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When a government gives special tax treatment to a few companies, that makes it hard for anyone else to compete on equal terms.
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When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.
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I remember when I cut my hair. I used to have hair to my shoulders. Immediately, people said, 'Oh, but that's the power cut. Now she looks like a man.'
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Very often, I think about the people that I represent. I meet people who have thousands and thousands of employees and millions and millions of customers - and also make a lot of money. But I think about the millions of Europeans that I represent in order to try to balance that so we can meet on more equal terms.
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Basically, I come to Washington a couple of times a year, sort of on a strictly business basis: talk to my counterparts at the Federal Trade Commission, of the DOJ, give an occasional talk, very often in a lawyer or academic environment.
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It's not in my mission to work against Euroskepticism; it's my mission to work for fair markets. In antitrust, what is at stake is, in some ways, as old as Adam and Eve because it is about greed, to get more.
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I know what I need. I don't want people to tell me what I need.
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A woman who wants to go places needs to bring her own ladder.
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It's my impression that investment in Europe is done for the right reasons. Europe is a very good place to do business; it's a large market.