The European Commission has clarified claims of perceived bias in the probe into Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal, following comments from a senior staff member on social media.
Accolades Trailer | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II“Mr Cardoso works in the Director General for the Internal Market and not in the Directorate General for Competition,” the statement reads.
“Mr Cardoso is not involved in the assessment of this transaction. Furthermore, as indicated clearly in his Twitter profile, he tweets in a personal capacity.” On Saturday Cardoso tweeted the following: “To clarify: I am not involved in the assessment of the merger and don’t even work in the department dealing with mergers. As is clear from my profile my comments are personal and not a Commission position, whose decision will be taken on the basis of the facts and the law.
“The Commission is concerned that the proposed acquisition may reduce competition in the markets for the distribution of console and personal computers video games and for PC operating systems,” it said.
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