Margrethe Vestager Quotes
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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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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 do not have an issue with specific countries or companies; what I'm interested in are schemes which allow for preferential treatment, for selectivity... If this has to change, it's countries that will have to change this.
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I know what I need. I don't want people to tell me what I need.
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Elephants are social, thoughtful animals. They live in communities and - I have to say it - in matriarchal societies. They bear no grudge, but they remember well.
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The list of plane reservations I keep on my phone - it's very, very, very long.
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We want a free market, but we know that the paradox of a 'free' market is that sometimes you have to intervene. You have to make sure it's not the law of the jungle but the laws of democracy that works.
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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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You can be big, and you can be successful, but you cannot abuse your power to stop others from challenging you from being the next big thing in five or ten years.
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I get all my U.S. politics from 'The Daily Show.'
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Being a politician, I know how motivating it can be when the public is outraged.
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I think a lot can be said for consolidation, but I think it should be done for the right reasons.
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I don't think much about politics as such because it has no room in our working processes. Eventually, our cases will have to stand up in court. And court will hear nothing about politics.