"Pulling out" of the EU means closing a few small offices (except for Dublin). It has no significant staff presence outside of Ireland in the EU once the UK leaves - the offices in France and Germany are really small.
If Google decides to start moving staff out of Dublin, the EU would lose its last leverage over it.
The EU could then do a China and attempt to force ISPs to block Google services at the network level. Given how much the web relies on Google servers, that would break the EU internet. The EU is struggling already, there's no way they're going to shoot themselves in the head economically like that.
If Google decides to start moving staff out of Dublin, the EU would lose its last leverage over it.
The EU could then do a China and attempt to force ISPs to block Google services at the network level. Given how much the web relies on Google servers, that would break the EU internet. The EU is struggling already, there's no way they're going to shoot themselves in the head economically like that.