This is going to sound a bit conspiracy theory but here goes...

I was looking at the highlights of the EU competition commission[0]. Is it just me or is there a theme (with a few exceptions) that runs something like:

   + Large US company XXX gets anti-trust fine. 
   + EU company gets state aid approved.
   + rinse and repeat

Maybe it's just a coincidence but I wonder what the P&L for the Competition Commission looks like given that fines go to the EU not to the aggrieved parties.

As an EU citizen, it's nice that the Commission is working hard to reduce my tax bill but I do wonder if this is entirely neutral.

[0] http://ec.europa.eu/competition/news_en.html