Google 'self-preferencing' lawsuit highlights unfinished EU gatekeeper probe
By Jean Comte ( October 31, 2025, 07:13 GMT | Comment) -- A lawsuit against Google is shining a light on the lack of resolution in an EU probe into whether it unfairly favors its own search services over those of rival platforms and companies. Amid growing frustration after 20 months of investigation into the self-preferencing allegations, eDreams has launched its own damages action against Google in France. Depending on timing, the French case could also test the interplay of national and EU-wide policing of the bloc's Digital Markets Act.A lawsuit against Google in France is shining a light on the lack of resolution of a long-running European Commission investigation into whether the US giant's search engine unfairly favors its own services over those of rival platforms and companies....
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