Perrot

[puh-roh, pe-, pe-roh]

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noun

Nicolas 1644–1717, North American fur trader and explorer in the Great Lakes region, born in France.

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Perrot and the finance ministry declined to comment.

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Holding doctorates in economics and mathematics, Perrot has written several research papers on competition and large online tech firms, one of which, published last year, is entitled "Digital platforms: regulating them before it's too late".

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Perrot, 63, is a top civil servant at the French finance ministry.

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Perrot knows the French antitrust world well, having served as co-chair of the antitrust authority and having been part of a consultancy firm, Mapp, that specialises in competition matters.

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Stuff magazine's Alan Perrot was particularly scathing, calling the song "cultural theft" that "appropriated an entire Irish folk tradition" while indulging in "a grab bag of Irish stereotypes that stops a 'to be sure' short of 'diddly-dee potatoes'".