Oh really? You are saying that American companies are fined to the sum of roughly €160 billion to €180 billion each year? Because that's what the EU budget is (roughly 1% of the EU GDP).
The biggest ever fine was against Google and 4.3 billion several years ago (2018). As far as I know that has been fought over in court for several years and I am not sure if that actually has been paid yet.
So it certainly isn't a steady income stream and doesn't even come close to the actual EU budget.
I am all for discussions about topics like this. But it really is ridiculous to see takes like this, where clearly no single thought or piece of research has gone into the comment. Do better.
The biggest ever fine was against Google and 4.3 billion several years ago (2018). As far as I know that has been fought over in court for several years and I am not sure if that actually has been paid yet.
So it certainly isn't a steady income stream and doesn't even come close to the actual EU budget.
I am all for discussions about topics like this. But it really is ridiculous to see takes like this, where clearly no single thought or piece of research has gone into the comment. Do better.