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The EU often gets quite bad press coverage across Europe and particularly in the UK on the basis of \u2018over-the-top\u2019 legislation. However, often a lot of what is written is exaggeration or based on a lack of understanding of complex pieces of legislation. It\u2019s true that the EU can legislate on areas such as the size of bananas, but read on \u2026 the truth of the issue is often far removed from what you read.<\/p>\n

Read this Independent newspaper article: The measure of a good banana: Britons love a Euro-scandal – whether it is true or not.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>As you will see sometimes, the stories are distorted and sometimes they are just plain wrong!<\/p>\n

Check out an extensive and up-to-date inventory of myths about the EU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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