Without those additional concessions, Joaquín Almunia, the European Union competition commissioner, told a committee meeting at the European Parliament that Google could face formal charges for violating European competition law.
Mr. Almunia’s comments, in response to a question during scheduled testimony at Parliament, highlight the pressure from rival companies like Microsoft to devise a tougher set of remedies with Google. Those proposed solutions were made public last month by the European Commission.
If critics of Google in Europe remain dissatisfied with the settlement, they could go to court. They could sue the European Commission at the General Court of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, accusing the commission of failing to push hard enough for an effective solution. Final judgments in such cases can take years.
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