European Services Directive

I thought this was dead? Apparently not.

I don't have high hopes if the BBC analysis can be relied on (which I know is a long shot..)

Why do some people dislike it?

There is wide support for the proposal that a company should be able to register in another country electronically, via a single point of contact.

However, critics said that the way the European Commission originally formulated the directive, it could have resulted in domestic companies being priced out of the market by cheaper, foreign competitors.

The amendments passed by the parliament on 16 February in the directive's first reading, and now mostly adopted by the Commission, make this less likely.

OK..... so the protectionists in France and Germany (presumably) have won the right to continue to screw their own consumers. Just wonderful.