Brussels. European Commission.
By 7 AM, three directorate-general heads had been called in. By 8, the meeting had expanded to include the Commissioner for Competition, the Commissioner for the Internal Market, the Commissioner for Justice, and the Director General of DG CONNECT.
The meeting expanded that fast not because of the $735 billion figure but because of what the article placed next to it.
The Commissioner for Competition spoke first and she began with the connection, because the connection was what had brought them all in at this hour and pretending otherwise would waste time.
"The Bloomberg article is about Liam Scott," she said. "I want to be clear that what follows is inference, not confirmation. But I want to walk through why this room is discussing Nova Technologies in response to an article about a private individual."
She pulled up the timeline.
