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Germany Ignores the Commission

Several weeks have now passed since Germany passed a highly controversial online casinos gambling ban in Germany that specifically targets gambling companies located outside of Germany. The European Commission has been in negotiations and discussions with Germany for many months to no avail, the country defied requests from the Commission and instead passed protectionist legislation that goes counter to EU principles. The concept of free trade between the members of the European Union is the key to keeping the Union successful.

Basically, Germany currently has a government run online casinos betting and gambling monopoly that handles all of the internet gambling related activities in the country. The German government then gets a share of the profits if the gambling is run through a state controlled monopoly.

The European Commission has spent months negotiating with the German government to reverse protectionist legislation, but instead the country passed even stricter laws that protect the country’s online casinos gambling monopoly. Now that Germany has taken this last definitive step in violation of EU trade agreements, the Commission plans to react quickly with legal action targeted specifically at Germany’s online casinos gambling and betting legislation.

The majority of the other countries and online casinos companies operating in the EU support the impending legal action against Germany. And according to a source in a Reuters news report, “The decision is expected to be adopted by the Commission next Thursday."