Google is facing a record anti - trust fine of around € 3bn in Europe , with the European Commission expected to announce the penalty as early as June in response to allegations by the European Union that Google has abused its global search dominance by promoting its shopping service over those rivals in search results , say sources . The maximum possible fine is around € 6.6bn , or a tenth of Google 's total annual sales . This marks a watershed in Silicon Valley 's competition battle with the Brussels , with the stakes now even higher due to a another investigation into the alleged abuse related to Google 's new smartphone platform . It is understood that the European Commission is aiming to hit Google with a fine in the region of €3bn, a figure that would easily surpass its toughest anti-trust punishment to date, a €1.1bn fine levied on the microchip giant Intel. Google will also be banned from continuing to manipulated search results to favour itself and harm rivals . Google has declined to comment .
Google is facing a record anti - trust fine of around € 3bn in Europe , with the European Commission expected to announce the penalty as early as June in response to allegations by the European Union that Google has abused its global search dominance by promoting its shopping service over those rivals in search results , say sources . The maximum possible fine is around € 6.6bn , or a tenth of Google 's total annual sales . This marks a watershed in Silicon Valley 's competition battle with the Brussels , with the stakes now even higher due to a another investigation into the alleged abuse related to Google 's new smartphone platform . Google will also be banned from continuing to manipulated search results to favour itself and harm rivals . Google has declined to comment .