Its about time that Microsoft tell the EU to shove it and close down all of their European subsidaries. As a former MS employee in Europe, it's laughable that the EU uses Microsoft as a cash machine everytime they need a bail out. Where the hell does this "fine" money go? Propping up piss-arse economies no doubt. It wouldnt be overly difficult for EMEA operations to be run out of the US.
In relation to this group complaining about UEFI, other O/S's support UEFI too, including Linux and UEFI is simply the evolvement of BIOS.