Is anyone else concerned that the EU is imposing excessive regulations on everyone? Many chemicals are now effectively being banned because they have the potential to be used in methamphetamine manufacture and explosives. The EU is legislating more restrictions on guns, such that 16 year olds in Finland are no longer allowed to carry rifles, despite the country never having had any serious problems with this before. Obviously there is little consideration towards gun enthusiasts and amateur chemistry hobbyists. What happened to freedom and the right to make individual choices? To what extent should the EU be allowed to "protect" us by passing more limitations? Does anyone else see similarities between the trend happening in Europe and the types of rules under communism?
Technically you are 20 years late with this Post , though I certainly agree that UKIP ( founded 1991 ) did not make a break through here in the UK until 2004 Why do you think Cameron took the " veto" stance in Brussels a fortnight ago ? Of course there was no actual Veto as there was nothing available for such a matter to arise . But nevertheless it allowed us to give fair and full warning how we shall attempt to drive some sense into Euro Noddy Land . And as the EZ collapses and people get increasingly hysterical , other countries will summon the strength to risk upsetting the German Franco axis , as popularly pictured . As ever , with top class diplomacy and negotiation , the order of the game will be , "Softly , softly catchee monkey" First let the dullards slowly realise that the UK has not marginalised itself . Quite the opposite . We are now firmly camped in the midst of the Brussels Mafia , fully aware that this is the first time we can force them to do things that otherwise would not even get official discussion time . This is a minimum three year strategy in my assessment -- dependent on the size and speed of the oncoming financial tsunami .
What do you mean us, you're US aren't you. It is in the habit of imposing excessive intrusive regulations and they are in the habit of being silly, to the extent that many countries simply ignore them. Unfortunately UK isn't one of those countries.
Your support for the EU is bizarre. The EU itself talks about how it can reduce red tape. It even has an award for the best ideas. It doesn't stop it churning out even more.
I think that regulate the marketing standard for asparagus is bizarre. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?...t,ro,sk,sl,sv,&val=332935:cs&page&hwords=null
You've got something against qualitative veggies? Not everyone buys his/her veggies in the Aldi, Morfeo. It's not exactly a secret that Southern European vegetables are far more inferior towards Northern ones -- even despite the regulations!!!
We need to be careful to react to what is actually happening rather than what certain tabloid newspapers claim is happening. Many of the "EU Regulation" stories about are either grossly misleading or complete lies. For example, the fruit and vegetable regulations often brought up typically already existed in similar forms in national regulations (certainly in Western Europe) and the EU regulation is about rationalising them to aid intra-European trade (so a grower in the UK can export to all the European countries without worrying about a dozen different sets of regulations). The EU never banned bent cucumbers. I don't know whether either of the areas referred to in the OP should have similar caveats but it's perfectly possible. That isn't to say that there isn't any EU regulation which should be reconsidered, reversed (or ignored) but discussions on the topic should be based on facts rather than myths.
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