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The Commission’s vice president for growth Jyrki Katainen spoke in favour of the widespread ban. But minutes of a College of Commissioners meeting reveal the former prime minister for
Finland also had his doubts about the plans. They say Mr Katainen “admitted that ecodesign standards were sometimes ridiculed in the media in terms of the political and geostrategic issues
the union was faced with”. Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the Vote Leave campaign said: “The EU now interferes with so many aspect of our lives, from our breakfast to our borders. “If
we vote remain we will be powerless to prevent an avalanche of EU regulation that Brussels is delaying until after the referendum.” UKIP MEP David Coburn has in the past slammed the plans
after claiming an EU approved toaster took four attempts to brown his bread.