Monday, June 09, 2008

Euro Notes: The EU and the Great Hamster of Alsace

Gee whiz, is this for real?
The European Commission has ordered France to save the European hamster, one of Europe's most threatened and protected species. If France fails to respond with "rapid and substantial action" in the next two months, it will face fines of millions of pounds for not preventing its extinction. France had already received a warning, in December last year, saying that they faced up to €17m (£13.5m) in fines if it did not do address the issue.

Save the hamster at once -- or else, mon ami!

Really, France and Sarko have far greater problems than the Great Hamster of Alsace, but the whole story seems like a little snapshot of the problems of EU overlordship combined with the eco-movement. Doesn't the whole thing sound kind of . . . er . . . coercive? And if Minerva hates anything, it's government coercion.

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