Vestager Vows Big-Tech Clampdown in Audition for New EU Job (1)

Margrethe Vestager promised a clampdown on big tech as she kicked off her European Parliament audition for a job that will equip her with greater weaponry to take on the Silicon Valley giants.

The Dane is expected to win the backing of lawmakers, who must sign off on her bid to become a vice president of the European Commission from Nov. 1, tasked with making “a Europe fit for the digital age.” She’ll combine that job overseeing technology policy with her current role as the EU’s powerful antitrust chief.

Vestager told reporters she’d have to prove independence as an antitrust ...