Absurdeu http://www.absurdeu.com A blog on the Absurdity of EU regulation! Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:50:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Farmer Giles banned from using combine harvester http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/farmer-giles-banned-from-using-combine-harvester/ http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/farmer-giles-banned-from-using-combine-harvester/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:38:43 +0000 AbsurdEU http://www.absurdeu.com/?p=84 An EU law bans British farmers from using their combine harvesters on wet soil

]]> http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/farmer-giles-banned-from-using-combine-harvester/feed/ Romania full of horses http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/romania-full-of-horses/ http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/romania-full-of-horses/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:37:28 +0000 AbsurdEU http://www.absurdeu.com/?p=82 Hundreds of unwanted horses have been left to roam the streets and parks of Romania’s major cities after an EU law which bans horse-drawn carts from main roads.

]]> http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/romania-full-of-horses/feed/ EU law could force 3,000 more post office to close http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-law-could-force-3000-more-post-office-to-close/ http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-law-could-force-3000-more-post-office-to-close/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:36:21 +0000 AbsurdEU http://www.absurdeu.com/?p=80 The Post Office spent £1 billion on setting up payments for pensions and other benefits which provide sub-postmasters with 12% of their income. Under EU law, this service must now be put out to tender, and the likelihood of losing the contract will mean the closure of another 3,000 branches in 2010.

]]> http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-law-could-force-3000-more-post-office-to-close/feed/ EU Controlling the radio waves http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-controlling-the-radio-waves/ http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-controlling-the-radio-waves/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:34:58 +0000 AbsurdEU http://www.absurdeu.com/?p=78 A control of radio wavelengths directive from the EU has meant that one of Britain’s most admired charities, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was asked to increase its annual payment for using a dedicated radio wavelength from ¬£38,000 to ¬£260,000.

]]> http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-controlling-the-radio-waves/feed/ EU want control of our Naval bases http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-want-control-of-our-naval-bases/ http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-want-control-of-our-naval-bases/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:29:28 +0000 AbsurdEU http://www.absurdeu.com/?p=71 Not an April fools I can assure you.  A recent report commissioned by the European Union aims to take control of OUR Naval bases.  Another misplaced military ambition from Brussels.

Read more here: http://tinyurl.com/dxwmo6

]]> http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-want-control-of-our-naval-bases/feed/ EU tracking your car journeys! http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-tracking-your-car-journeys/ http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-tracking-your-car-journeys/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:24:52 +0000 AbsurdEU http://www.absurdeu.com/?p=66 The Daily Mail had an interesting article today.  In essence another EU project to take away your liberties and track every move you make.  Disgraceful!

http://tinyurl.com/c5nm4v

]]> http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/04/eu-tracking-your-car-journeys/feed/ Biofuel policy target http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/biofuel-policy-target/ http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/biofuel-policy-target/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:59:12 +0000 AbsurdEU http://www.absurdeu.com/?p=43 To grow the crops needed to meet the EU’s biofuels policy target, costing up to £50 billion by 2020, it would require all the farmland the EU currently uses to grow food, at a time when world food prices are soaring.

]]> http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/biofuel-policy-target/feed/ Call that an Island? http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/call-that-an-island/ http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/call-that-an-island/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:58:17 +0000 AbsurdEU http://www.absurdeu.com/?p=41 There are EU laws on what legally constitutes an island- anything with a bridge to it is not an island, nor is it an island if it is less than 1km from the mainland, it is not an island if it has less than 50 permanent residents or if it contains an EU capital city.

]]> http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/call-that-an-island/feed/ EU directives on the loudness of lawnmowers http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/eu-directives-on-the-loudness-of-lawnmowers/ http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/eu-directives-on-the-loudness-of-lawnmowers/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:56:13 +0000 AbsurdEU http://www.absurdeu.com/?p=39 There are three seperate EU directives on the loudness of lawnmowers.

]]> http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/eu-directives-on-the-loudness-of-lawnmowers/feed/ Dont cross unless the green man is the correct shade of green! http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/dont-cross-unless-the-green-man-is-the-correct-shade-of-green/ http://www.absurdeu.com/2009/03/dont-cross-unless-the-green-man-is-the-correct-shade-of-green/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:51:51 +0000 AbsurdEU http://www.absurdeu.com/?p=37 There are EU regulations on the green-ness of the person on the pedestrian crossing lights.

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