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She’s been called the most powerful regulator in Europe. Margrethe Vestager is Silicon Valley’s biggest antagonist. And she has her hands full these days, investigating everything from Twitter and Elon Musk to the Metaverse. NPR’s Bobby Allyn sat down with her in her office in Copenhagen.
BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: The tax lady who really hates the U.S. That’s how former President Trump once described Margrethe Vestager. She says she agrees with the first part of that statement.
MARGRETHE VESTAGER: Well, actually, I kind of like the tax lady because, you know, tax fairness is something I really, really, really take to heart.
ALLYN: Fairness is a word Vestager throws around quite a bit when you talk to her about her job as an executive vice president of the European Commission. A major part of her role is making sure no one tech…
