[timrichard]

"Europe" isn't doing anything of the sort. The EU is. Europe is a continent on the western part of Eurasia. The EU is a corrupt, anti-democractic bloated bureaucracy where the wheels are continually greased by the interests and demands of multi-billion dollar lobbying organisations. It's good to see the article allude to this in the first paragraph. It's just a shame that it doesn't come under much scrutiny in general, as it's of huge importance to people living in Europe in areas under the control of the EU.