Among other things, the European Parliament has decided that "the abuse of the dominant position of online search companies in the market" should be avoided, calling on the Commission to consider releasing this activity from other commercial services. OR Google owns 90% of the European market in online search, and the Commission has been investigating complaints of unfair practices for years. According to the official announcement of the European Parliament, regarding the enforcement of European regulations on online search companies, "the online search market has a particularly importance for ensuring competitive conditions in the digital single market and welcomes the Commission's commitments to further investigate the practices of search engines." In addition, the resolution calls on the Commission "to prevent any unfair practice in the marketing of interconnected services by search engine operators ", emphasizing that "impartiality and transparency are required in the indexing, evaluation, presentation and classification of content by search engines». Given that the search engines «μπορεί να εξελιχθούν σε ρυθμιστές της πρόσβασης» αλλά και λόγω της δυνατότητάς τους «να αξιοποιούν εμπορικά τη δευτερογενή εκμετάλλευση των πληροφοριών που λαμβάνουν» οι ευρωβουλευτές καλούν επίσης την Επιτροπή «να εξετάσει προτάσεις για την αποδέσμευση των μηχανών αναζήτησης από άλλες εμπορικές υπηρεσίες, ως μακροπρόθεσμο μέσο».
The packet for telecommunications
The MEPs emphasize that "equal treatment should be applied to the transfer of data in the internetwork, without discrimination, restriction or interference' and call on member states to start negotiations on the telecoms package, which will 'put an end to roaming charges within the EU, provide greater legal certainty on net neutrality, and will improve consumer protection in the digital single market'.
Common standards for the cloud computing
MEPs are calling on the Commission to take the lead in promoting international standards and specifications for cloud computing to ensure that it respects privacy, is reliable and affordable, interoperable, safe and energy efficient.