{"id":8166,"date":"2022-09-13T10:28:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T08:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/european-commission-must-reject-amazons-attempt-to-derail-competition-investigation\/"},"modified":"2022-09-15T09:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T07:18:26","slug":"european-commission-must-reject-amazons-attempt-to-derail-competition-investigation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/european-commission-must-reject-amazons-attempt-to-derail-competition-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission must reject Amazon\u2019s attempt to derail competition investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon is attempting to shut down the European Commission investigation into its competition practices. Together with a coalition of public interest organisations led by the Balanced Economy Project, UNI Europa has called for the European Commission to reject Amazon\u2019s ultimatum.<\/p>\r\n

Following the announcement by the European Commission that it would investigate Amazon for practices that undermined fair competition, Amazon tried to make a deal. It proposed that the Commission drop its investigation and in return the corporation committed to certain points.<\/p>\r\n

The EU Commission rightly responded by publishing Amazon\u2019s deal proposal, opening it up to the public for comment. Together with the Balanced Economy Project and a coalition of public interest organisations, UNI Europa has submitted feedback<\/a> to European Commission\u2019s request for comment. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The analysis submitted demonstrates that the conditions Amazon has laid out are not genuine commitments. Amazon does little more than \u201ccommit\u201d to complying with upcoming EU legislation.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cAmazon must play by the rules set by governments, not the other way around. We are proud to join the Balanced Economy Project and sister organisations in exposing Amazon\u2019s maneuver for the cheap distraction it is. We refuse to let Europe be turned into a Wild West. Amazon\u2019s top management must be made to understand that laws are not optional, nor does it get to make them. If they have broken the law, they must be held accountable. The only way to uncover the truth about this hugely powerful corporation is through an in-depth investigation with the full weight of the EU institutions behind it,\u201d said Oliver Roethig, Regional Secretary of UNI Europa.<\/p>\r\n

The true cost of Amazon\u2019s anti-competitive tricks<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

With its series of recent investigations, court cases and merger prohibitions, the European Commission has been stepping up its much-needed protection of fair competition. Currently, however, the European Commission assesses whether corporations comply with competition legislation based only on the resulting impact on price. UNI Europa urges the European Commission to take the true societal cost of anti-competitive behaviour into account in its assessments.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhen Amazon undermines fair competition and gains market share, it is also expanding its conflictual labour approach. This mammoth corporation is putting huge downward pressure on working conditions for people across the EU. The European Commission must show it has the interests of citizens at heart and take this direct impact into consideration,\u201d said Oliver Roethig.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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