Re: Did anyone really except anything different?
The rant was to counter the oft-held notion that the EU is some glorious club fighting tirelessly for the rights of the little man.
The bodies of the EU don't always work in concert: the Council favours national interests and champions; the Commission has to enable the single market; only the Parliament acts as a control and does have a reasonable track record here, when it can resist the dual yokes of national governments and populists.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
