Behind Google's Europe woes, American accents

GOOGLE ABUSING ITS DOMINANT POSITION?: EU Antitrust commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has sole authority to punish breaches of competition laws.

BRUSSELS: When EU politicians call for the break-up of Google, it can sound like sour grapes, the anti-American backlash of an ageing Europe envious, and fearful, of the wealth and growing power of young US tech giants.

But should any American take time on Thanksgiving to scoff at a non-binding vote in the European Parliament, when lawmakers may urge EU regulators to get tough with the search engine Goliath, they should know that behind the EU antitrust probe of Google stand not only Europeans but US competitors.