On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:58:06 +0200, Martin wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:35:20 -0400, Viking wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:10:03 +0200, Martin wrote:
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>>>http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=38958
>>
>>Usual story: customers wronged, corporation fined--government gets
>>rich. Customers end with nada.
>
>It has effected the price of beer all over Europe, since 1995.
>The EU action has opened a can of works. The price to bars and restaurants is
>still fixed significantly higher, than it is to supermarkets. As a result a beer
>at a beach cafe that should cost EUR 1.10 costs EUR 1.90
>
>Gawd knows what is going on in UK where the beer is even more expensive.
Another case of EU government over-regulation gone wrong, I'm afraid.
Reminds me of that anti-CO2 measure in Belgium, where they're using
helicopters (big CO2 emissions) to make sure people aren't using
barbeques (little CO2 emissions). |