Re. You gotta love the EU!
Sounds about normal, of course we dare not crititize the almighty "system" for fear of being labeled racist and fined/locked up/whatever they do to freethinkers these days.
1984 is *not* an instruction manual and if Herr Hollande thinks he can get away with this slithering monstrosity of a Bill he deserves to be hanged by the teeth over a vat of antimony pentafluoride in hydrofluoric acid, while bombarded with "Poker Face" and "Toxic" at 125dB on endless repeat.