What the blithering flip are Eurocrats thinking? “Hmm: the EU is falling further and further behind. The Eurozone’s economy is no larger than it was in 2006. What shall we do about it? I know: Let’s pick a fight with Google!”

Brussels has accused the online giant of skewing the market against competitors with its Android mobile operating system. Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition chief, thinks Google is abusing its dominant position. After a year-long investigation, she says: “What we found is that Google pursues an overall strategy on mobile devices to protect and expand its dominant position in Internet searches.” If found guilty, the search engine faces vast fines.