The price comparison service PriceRunner , which is based in Sweden , has announced that it is suing Google for 2.1 billion euro after a European court ruled that Google violated EU antitrust laws . With that decision, the Court of the European Union confirmed it fined the search giant for 2.42 billion euros for having favored its comparison shopping services over its rivals. .
PriceRunner said that Google has a “ monopoly position ” in Europe, adding that the Mountain View company has not yet complied with the European Commission's decision by continuing to “ abuse its position. dominant“.
The CEO of PriceRunner, Mikael Lindahl , declares that he wants compensation for the damage that Google has caused them over the course of many years , but to also see this lawsuit as a struggle for consumers who have suffered from Google's violation of competition law in the last fourteen years and continues to this day. Recall that Google lost its first appeal against the EU fine, but launched another last month , so the fight is still long .
