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I get all my U.S. politics from 'The Daily Show.'
A woman who wants to go places needs to bring her own ladder.
If you want things done, you need to be able to find solutions.
If I had a motto, it would be, 'Believe in God, fear the church'.
The list of plane reservations I keep on my phone - it's very, very, very long.
Few people think about politics every day. But they are in the market every day.
Part of being not only a liberal but also a human is to make your own decisions.
Being a politician, I know how motivating it can be when the public is outraged.
Dominant companies can't abuse their position to create advantage in related markets.
When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.
I think a lot can be said for consolidation, but I think it should be done for the right reasons.
Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.
I have learned that European politics is very much like Danish politics. You have all the rumours.
No government can give a selective advantage to a specific company, because that would make competition unfair.
Planning is like taking on blinders. I think it is a wise thing to be open to whatever shows up on your doorstep.
I think I am like anyone else. I respect other people and, of course, I expect that it works the other way around.
Consumers depend on us to make sure that competition is fair and open, and it's my responsibility to make that happen.
I think it is one of the fundamentals, not only of the European Union but also of free trade, that competition is fair.
The benefits of globalization do not trickle down automatically. It takes politics to make sure that there is a benefit.
To me, a tax heaven is where everyone pays their fair share. In that respect, I am not quite sure we are in tax heaven yet.
When a government gives special tax treatment to a few companies, that makes it hard for anyone else to compete on equal terms.
It's my impression that investment in Europe is done for the right reasons. Europe is a very good place to do business; it's a large market.
In Europe, we would congratulate anyone who is successful. But congratulations stop if we find that you start to misuse a dominant position.
I remember when I cut my hair. I used to have hair to my shoulders. Immediately, people said, 'Oh, but that's the power cut. Now she looks like a man.'
It is very important, to have a robust digital economy, that the citizens regain the trust in how their data are being processed and who can access them.
When I was very young, I took no interest in party politics. My line of interest was how can you be part of an influence to the society that you live in.
Elephants are social, thoughtful animals. They live in communities and - I have to say it - in matriarchal societies. They bear no grudge, but they remember well.
You can be big, and you can be successful, but you cannot abuse your power to stop others from challenging you from being the next big thing in five or ten years.
What I have come to realize over the twenty years when I have worked in different roles as a legislator is that no legislation is as good as the enforcement of it.
If you, as a company, can get a deal that I, as a company, cannot get, you can compete with me but not on the merits, because your tax burden is not the same as mine.
You have to teach your algorithm what it can do and what it cannot do because, otherwise, there is a risk that the algorithms will learn the tricks of the old cartels.
I think any company should compete on the quality of their products, their prices, the novelty they can produce, their services, because that would be fair competition.
Ours was a never a 'religious' religious home because my parents thought of religion as something you do: it's the way you engage in the local community. That has meant a lot to me.
In Europe, we have three tools when it comes to fair competition. One is antitrust, one is merger control, and the third is state aid control. And the third you don't have in the States.
I don't think much about politics as such because it has no room in our working processes. Eventually, our cases will have to stand up in court. And court will hear nothing about politics.
We have to take our democracy back. We cannot leave it to Facebook or Snapchat or anyone else. We have to take democracy back and renew it. Society is about people and not about technology.
I was brought up with a very strong value that you should always protect the small and the few against those who want to misuse their muscle and weight in order to get what they weren't supposed to.
If you're in a situation where your effective tax rate is so much lower than any other company, then obviously you have a much better position when it comes to compete on prices and everything else.
Competition is one of the most important drivers of innovation because you have to stay in the race. You have to think of something new, and if you don't, well, of course you should leave the market.
We want a free market, but we know that the paradox of a 'free' market is that sometimes you have to intervene. You have to make sure it's not the law of the jungle but the laws of democracy that works.
It's not in my mission to work against Euroskepticism; it's my mission to work for fair markets. In antitrust, what is at stake is, in some ways, as old as Adam and Eve because it is about greed, to get more.
Technology is, in many respects, an enabler for an open, transparent society. But it's also an enabler for supervision to a completely unforeseen degree. And for commercialising personal space to an unforeseen degree.
I'm quite enthusiastic about any kind of gadget and app and feature and things that enable me to have a very convenient lifestyle. We buy our groceries on the Internet; I buy furniture, clothes for myself and my kids.
When we do merger rulings, we have strict deadlines: 25 days. It is extremely intensive, and you must decide how you can do it before your spouse says, 'You know I still love you, but please spend some more time at home.'
I do not have an issue with specific countries or companies; what I'm interested in are schemes which allow for preferential treatment, for selectivity... If this has to change, it's countries that will have to change this.
I've asked myself what is the worst thing that can happen if I take this decision and go along with it. Very often, I find that the worst thing that can happen is something that I can live with. And if that's the case, I will do it.
If you're successful in the market, it should be because you have the best products. Then your customers like you, not because then you cut corners, or you get a tax break, or you don't inform authorities about how things actually are.
A huge part of Apple profits generated in Europe, in African countries, Middle East, and India were all booked in Ireland. And I think it is a very basic principle in taxation that your profits are taxed where the profits are generated.
Basically, I come to Washington a couple of times a year, sort of on a strictly business basis: talk to my counterparts at the Federal Trade Commission, of the DOJ, give an occasional talk, very often in a lawyer or academic environment.
I think it's a completely good thing to want to do business, to want to make money and be a success in the marketplace, to get the attention of customers. I'm not in the business of pointing fingers or blaming companies, but there is a limit to everything.