[libertine]

> It's a prime example of the EU being utterly useless

That's a bold statement to claim that the largest trade block in the world is utterly useless, but I'll bite it.

What was the underlying issue they didn't understand?

[anonymousab]

That companies will go with malicious compliance 9999 times out of 10,000. So ensuring compliance would require immense enforcement efforts from the get-go that still haven't really surfaced.

[libertine]

Where are you getting this information from?