Europe's antitrust chief will meet with those who complained about Google's anti-competitive antics to see if it can broker a deal between them and the search engine outfit.

The EU has been investigating Google for four years and stirred up a hornets’ nest between politicians and lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic.

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said she wanted new information on the case. Her predecessor, Joaquin Almunia, rejected three attempts by the world's most popular Internet search engine to settle the case without a fine.

"It is important to get new information in the file and we have sent questionnaires to a number of people in a number of areas. I will meet with complainants within the next couple of weeks," Vestager told a news conference yesterday.

Microsoft, German mapping service Hotmaps, U.S. online travel sites Expedia and TripAdvisor and publishers across Europe have accused Google of abusing its dominance.

The European Parliament last month approved a non-binding resolution to break up Google and the United States said it was concerned about the politicisation of the case. It seems to believe that US companies should be allowed to do what they like to nasty foreign companies.