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by warrenmiller 6 days ago
where does the money from these fines go to? to the people affected or just gov coffers?
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These fines go toward the EU's general budget as "other income" which reduces the amount that member states must contribute annually for the budget to balance. So the EU partially funds itself by leveraging fines like this on AliExpress, Google, Meta, Apple, etc. and the trickle-down savings to member states is then (presumably) used to fund public works and social services locally.
Goverment coffers fund public works.
Fines is for the government. Damages are for others (and sometimes govt).