Google seems likely to lose the appeal for a record of $ 4.7 billion for the European Union

Google He suffered from a setback on Thursday after a European Union Supreme Court consultant recommended that he refuses to resume the technology giant against a record fine of 4.1 billion euros ($ 4.7 billion).

Julian Cocot, the European Court of Justice, advised the court to cancel the Google appeal and confirm the fine, which was He decreased in 2022 to 4.125 billion euros from 4.34 billion euros previously By the European Union General Court.

“In her opinion, she was delivered today, lawyer General Cocot suggested that the Justice Court judge the Google appeal, and thus support the General Court’s ruling,” said Luxembourg, ECJ, said in a press statement on Thursday.

The fine is related to the long -term monopoly state surrounding Google’s Android operating system.

In 2018, the European Commission slapped Google with a standard penalty on the basis that it had offended the Android mobile domination to give an unfair feature of its own applications through pre -installation deals with smart phone makers. The committee is the executive body of the European Union.

Google was not immediately available to comment when connected by CNBC on Thursday. The company has It was previously called on the courts to empty the fine of the European Union On the basis that Android “create more options for everyone, not less.”

Although the public lawyer’s proposal is not binding, the judges tend to follow four out of five non -binding opinions. ECJ is expected to make a final ruling in the coming months.