Neelie Kroes
Neelie Kroes
Neelie Kroesis a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy...
Neelie Kroes quotes about
offering important alliances
Highly complementary airline alliances and mergers can bring important benefits to passengers by connecting networks, offering new services and generating efficiencies across the aviation value chain. However, this has to take place within a competitive environment. It is vital that the economic benefits of an airline alliance or merger are passed on to passengers.
law competition use
I am determined to use competition law to protect European industry and consumers.
smart decision standards
I know a smart business decision when I see one — choosing open standards is | a very smart business decision indeed,
nice brave-new-world laughing
We now live in an amazing digital world, and television is firmly part of that brave new world. Television is still the way to reach the most citizens and talk to them – and with them - about how the EU affects their lives. It's still the way to bring people together – to laugh, to debate, to learn. In a world that takes a faster and faster pace, it is nice to know you can slow down once in a while with a good TV programme.
warning enforcement periods
You can take this as a gentle word of warning, if you like. We are just at the beginning of a period of more intensive antitrust enforcement.
player order pay-the-price
It is not acceptable for customers in one member state to pay the price for a company to become a bigger player in other member states. The ruling shows that in these cases it is essential that companies propose adequate remedies in order to guarantee sufficient competition from other firms.
europe play innovation
Even though effective competition is the best tool to strengthen innovation and competitiveness in Europe, state aid can also play a very useful supporting role,
deployment may aids
Deployment of broadband may be hampered by market failures in rural and remote areas. In such cases, well targeted state aid may therefore be appropriate.
agreement aviation cooperation
The E.U.-U.S. Open Aviation Area agreement therefore envisages the establishment of a broadly similar cooperation framework between the Commission and the Department of Transportation.
decision microsoft determined
Absolutely determined to ensure that Microsoft complies fully with the 2004 anti-trust decision.
following
We are not out of the game. We are following what's going on.
short unless
Unless they come up with something new, it will be a very short meeting,
cards competition europe industry local national payment players preventing remains
The payment cards industry in Europe remains national and some local players are preventing competition from developing.
boost innovation
We want to boost innovation in Europe, but not just by one company.