EU taps new antitrust chief to keep Big Tech in check amid Trump pressure
Brussels named Anthony Whelan, a longtime adviser to Ursula von der Leyen, to head the EU competition directorate and press ahead with investigations into Big Tech firms like Google, Meta, Apple and X, signaling a continued enforcement stance despite political pressure from Donald Trump; Whelan said enforcement would be fair, legally grounded and not swayed by noise, amid policy debates on how EU rules should balance competition with growth.