Before this degenerates into the usual EU phobic nonsense, can we remember this little bit of the article..
"The Court of Justice of the European Union said in its original ruling that courts will ultimately arbitrate on each request - and their decision must balance freedom of expression rights, as well as privacy rights."
Which basically means it is NOT GOOGLE who gets to decide. And any deletions they make are 100% their call, not forced compliance with any rules.
Google is basically pulling a work to rule ploy. Not complying with a law. So if you want to rant at someone, rant at Google.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
