Quote Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever View Post
They often don't coincide, they often conflict. As I've already said large multi-nationals are able to rig the system in their favour by lobbying Brussels to get complex regulations, which penalsie smaller firms that don't have large compliance departments. This provides a barrier to entry. Without it smaller firms could compete better and consumers might well get lower prices and better services through increased competition.

Plus don't forget the overwhelming number of businesses in this country (who employ the large majority of people) don't export to the EU. Yet they are still subject to EU Single Market regulation.
I’d totally agree with you I if you were talking about the US; big business and lobby groups have totally bought the system over there. The EU competition commission though has had a pretty good record of taking big business on though hasn’t it? Google, Amazon, Facebook, MacDonalds and Starbucks being a few names that spring to mind.

Big business is super important because of the number of employees they employ, sub-contractors they contract and wealth they create. Yes they can also exploit opportunities given a free hand but like I said the EU have a pretty good record of taking these on. Funnily enough it’s individual companies setting up in individual low tax countries and trying to put a large chunk of their profits disproportionately through that particular tax haven that have especially been taken to task by the EU. Luxembourg and Ireland have both got into trouble over this with the EU