Margrethe Vestager
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 56 |
| Date of birth | April 13,1968 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Glostrup |
| Denmark | |
| Height | 179 (cm) |
| Spouse | Thomas Jensen |
| Party | Danish Social Liberal Party |
| Children | Ella Jensen |
| Rebecca Jensen | |
| Maria Jensen | |
| Job | Politician |
| Education | Copenhagen University |
| Varde Gymnasium | |
| Position | European Commissioner for Competition since 2014 |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Previous position | Minister for Economic Affairs of Denmark (2011–2014) |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 430905 |
Margrethe Vestager Life story
Margrethe Vestager is a Danish politician currently serving as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age since December 2019 and European Commissioner for Competition since 2014.
European outcry forces US economist to drop top job
... EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who has earned a reputation for taking on some of the biggest US tech firms, had robustly defended the appointment before MEPs in Brussels on Tuesday and described her corporate experience as an asset...
Discrimination bigger concern from AI than human extinction, says EU
... Margrethe Vestager told the BBC " guardrails" were needed to counter the technology s biggest risks...
Five key challenges to make AI safe
... The Artificial Intelligence Act will not come into force until at least 2025 - " way too late" EU technology chief Margrethe Vestager says...
UK to host global AI 'safety measure' summit in autumn
... EU tech chief Margrethe Vestager said last month that would be " way too late" and said it was working on a voluntary code for the sector with the US, which they hoped could be drawn up within weeks...
EU Parliament approves common charging cable from 2024
... EU commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager celebrated the new rule on Twitter, citing the " waste and inconvenience" of having multiple chargers...
Apple sued over Apple Pay payment system
... In discussing the European Union s probe of Apple s mobile payment policies in May, the bloc s digital chief Margrethe Vestager said Apple claimed it couldn t provide access to NFC for security reasons...
EU accuses Apple of breaking competition law over contactless payments
... " We have indications that Apple restricted third-party access to key technology necessary to develop rival mobile wallet solutions on Apple s devices, " EU Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said in a statement...
MPs summon of China-owned company execs over security concerns
... The call for evidence comes a day after the EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager warned that the companies, many of which were in the EU - or are pushed to the brink of bankruptcy by the economic effects of the Coronavirus are prone to the acquisition of Chinese companies...
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