competition commissioner margrethe vestager: >> what we would like to see, is that consumers are certain to see the best comparison shopping results, and they should not just be shown the google shopping results, if they are >> ifill: the move could lead to billions of dollars in fines for google, which handles more than 90% of internet searches in e.u. countries its u.s. share is around 70%. google responded to the accusations yesterday, insisting that its "shopping results have not harmed the competition," adding, "any economist would say that you typically do not see a ton of innovation in sectors dominated by one player. yet that is exactly what's happening in our world." in a separate probe, the e.u. is looking into google's android mobile system. officials say the company is illegally obstructing rival systems, applications and services. google has 10 weeks to respond. the case is just the latest in europe's battles with major u.s. tech companies. microsoft was forced to pay more than $2 billion in fines during a decade-long antitrust fight and apple, facebook, and amazon have also

that makes this a busy month for margrethe vestager. ill speak about google but margrethe, what can you tell us about gas from? margrethe: i cannot comment on this point in time because no decision has been taken yet. erik: can we speak more generally about what the eu has been looking at? margrethe: what we are looking at is if customers are getting best prices or if a dominant company is using its strength to get different prices for different customers. of course, we would like to look into that because it means a lot for a country if it pays more for -- stephanie: how hard is it for you together this information for a russian company? margrethe: one of the things i find promising is that this is a commercial company. it does it business as other businesses. it is in the markets. it is a competitive market. it is a market where gas problem -- gazprom is dominant. erik: i'm curious to know in the spectrum of antitrust investigations is gazprom more challenging target then google is? margrethe: i have one major challenge in these cases.

margrethe vestager: something i find promising is that this is a very commercial company.s other businesses, as it should. it is in the market, it is a competitive market. but still, it is a market where gazprom is dominant because it is a very large company. francine: for more on gazprom let's bring in ryan chilcote. it gives a sense of geopolitics behind the decision due tomorrow. the eu will argue they are treating gazprom like any european company. russia will argue this is a political sanction. ryan: you've got to think of this spat in the larger context of the much larger argument that is happening between western europe, the european union, and russia. when it comes to gas the eu is on the consuming side. they get about a third of their gas from russia. the russians have done things in terms of fighting back like seeking. to diversify gas supplies to places like asia. they are going to look at these antitrust complaints tomorrow as a politically motivated decision with curious timing because the investigation has been going on for a couple years. the charges have be