[kyrra]

While it's not really proof, Obama has said the same thing[0].

Obama:

> In defense of Google and Facebook, sometimes the European response here is more commercially driven than anything else. As I’ve said, there are some countries like Germany, given its history with the Stasi, that are very sensitive to these issues. But sometimes their vendors — their service providers who, you know, can’t compete with ours — are essentially trying to set up some roadblocks for our companies to operate effectively there.

[0] http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/17/8050691/obama-our-companie...

[merb]

Nearly everything in the EU or Germany is commercially driven. I've didn't seen a new law that didn't screwed the people and didn't helped some businesses.