8. JOSE MANUEL BARROSO
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Strong beer, the winning combination of chips and mayonnaise, and cycling legend Eddy Merckx are just some of the great things that have come out of Brussels.
Also issuing forth from Brussels is the legislation/red tape that governs much of the way the UK road transport industry operates. Whether is working lime rules. the employment of agency labour, or exhaust emission levels, your processes and choices are set by the European Parliament. Often directives originate with the best of intentions, but then become mired in endless debates and are torn apart by consensus politics. Thus we have Euro-6: a 'cleaner' engine standard that could lead to greater CO2 emissions... And its going to be introduced nine months early on 1 January 2013.
Well done Brussels: another winner!
Were pointing the finger at Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the EC, now in his second term.