
France’s Nicotine Ban Sparks EU Legal Showdown
MEPs have asked the Commission to examine whether Paris has overstepped single market rules by criminalising products legal elsewhere in the bloc.

MEPs have asked the Commission to examine whether Paris has overstepped single market rules by criminalising products legal elsewhere in the bloc.

The European Commission, acting in the name of the WHO, is pushing a ban that goes far beyond public health—it is another step toward centralisation of power and common taxation.

Seven member states have voiced strong objections to the plans as they encroach on the fundamental EU principle of the free movement of goods.