* Neelie Kroes ( VVD, Netherlands ): Vice-President, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda

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** Neelie Kroes, Dutch politician

EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said she was " very disappointed " that the collusion took place at the very highest ( boardroom ) level.

The main advocate of the line was the then minister Neelie Kroes, now a Commissioner in the European Union.

In June 2007 Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Competition announced an investigation of this.

Neelie Kroes, the EU's competition commissioner, said that the EU would " not tolerate companies cheating consumers and business customers by fixing prices and depriving them of the benefits of the single market ".

* Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for Competition, referred to as the " Iron Lady of Antitrust " or " Steely Neelie "

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Neelie Kroes ( born 19 July 1941 ) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( VVD ).

Neelie Kroes was born on 19 July 1941 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Neelie Kroes and Wim Simons in 1975

Neelie Kroes was elected member of the Rotterdam city council for the VVD since 1970.

Neelie Kroes as European Commissioner for Competition in 2007

In 2004 Neelie Kroes was appointed the European Commissioner for Competition.

* Neelie Kroes Official Media Gallery

* Neelie Kroes as European Commissioner of Competition

* Neelie Kroes as European Commissioner of Digital Agenda

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In 2007, Neelie Kroes ( then-Competition Commissioner ) was the only Commissioner to make Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women ; she held position 59.

During Neelie Kroes ' hearing at the European Parliament, MEPs expressed concern about whether Ms Kroes had a sufficiently detailed grasp of certain specific subjects, but was approved as part of the Commission in 2004.

The EU's commissioner for the digital agenda, Neelie Kroes, said: " I am absolutely determined that everyone in the EU should have the chance to enjoy the benefits of an open and lawful internet, without hidden restrictions or slower speeds than they have been promised .” The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications ( Berec ) will examine the issues for the EU, and will ask both businesses and consumers for their views.

The current European Commissioner for Digital Agenda is Neelie Kroes ( Netherlands ) and the Director-General is Robert Madelin.

The latter has been an ongoing dispute on a number of issues, in April 2007 Microsoft became the first company to refuse to comply with the Commissions rulings, in response Commissioner Kroes is looking at more harsher methods to gain the cooperation of companies ; " We have never, ever before encountered a company that has refused to comply with commission decisions ... We learned we may have to look for a more effective remedy.

American Vogue dubbed ten models ( Doutzen Kroes, Agyness Deyn, Hilary Rhoda, Raquel Zimmermann, Coco Rocha, Lily Donaldson, Chanel Iman, Sasha Pivovarova, Caroline Trentini, and Jessica Stam ) as the new crop of supermodels in their May 2007 cover story, while the likes of Christie Brinkley, Christy Turlington, and Linda Evangelista returned to reclaim prominent contracts from celebrities and younger models.

In 2007, he appeared on the cover of the January issue of French Vogue with Dutch supermodel Doutzen Kroes.

Kroes attended conferences organized by the Bilderberg Group in 2005 and 2006.

* Rydell, Robert W .; Kroes, Rob ( 2005 ) Buffalo Bill in Bologna: The Americanization of the World, 1869 – 1922 Chicago: University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-73242-8

The Commission have recently replied to my written question confirming that Commissioners Almunia and Kroes attended the Bilderberg meeting in St. Moritz in June.

Kroes attended a Protestant grammar school in Rotterdam.

In 1961, Kroes was praeses of the R. V. S. V.

During this period Kroes was involved in the women's organisation within the VVD.

Kroes refused to become Minister of Defence in 1988.

After her time as minister Kroes became a member of the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce, furthermore she served as a board member for Ballast Nedam ( shipping ), ABP-PGGM Capital Holdings N. V. ( a joint subsidiary of the pension funds ABP and PGGM ), NIB ( an investment bank ), McDonald's Netherlands, Nedlloyd, and Nederlandse Spoorwegen ( the Dutch railroad company ).

During this period Kroes also was a member of the Advisory Board of the Prof. Mr. B. M.

According to her husband, Bram Peper, from 1993 to 2001 Kroes relied on astrologers and clairvoyants for personal and business advice.

Until 2004 Kroes maintained an office in the castle of Jan-Dirk Paarlberg, a real estate mogul who was convicted to four and a half years in prison for money-laundering and extortion.

One of the astrologers advising Kroes during that time was Lenie Drent, who had been providing business advice to Paarlberg for decades.

Kroes has held and still holds many side offices, mainly in cultural and social organisations.