"Germany Launches Antitrust Probe into Microsoft's Market Dominance"

Germany's antitrust authority, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO), has opened a proceeding to determine whether special abuse measures can be applied to Microsoft's business in Germany, citing the company's extensive digital ecosystem which cuts across multiple markets. The FCO has more leeway to decide what strictures to apply to tech giants that meet the local bar of having "paramount significance" for competition in Germany across digital markets. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) comes into application later this year across the European Union.