EU anti-trust officials have formally charged Google with abusing its market position.<br /><br /> The EU can fine companies up to ten percent of their annual turnover.<br /><br /> The European Commission accuses the US tech giant of diverting traffic away from rival websites in favour of its own services.<br /><br /> “We have this suspicion and we have grounds to think so in our preliminary findings that Google does favour ‘Google Shopping’ in the search,” said EU competition czar Margrethe Vestager.<br /><br /> A separate investigation is being opened into Google’s Android operating system for smartphones and tablets.<br /><br /> “It is clear that EU competition law gives the possibility to the European Commission to consider harsh punishments and that is why I believe that we have as a real opportunity to achieve in Europe an open and fair internal market in the digital age,” said German centre-right MEP Andreas Schwab. <br /><br /> That’s not how US President Barack Obama sees it.<br /><br /> In February, he said some EU anti-trust decisions against
