No EU equals No Cognac - what will they claim next?

Open Europe blog, linked here, reports French Europe Minister Laurent Wauquiez as claiming the EU has saved Cognac. As it was a much earlier member of Jean Monnet's family who laid out the detailed regulations covering every aspect of Cognac production, nothing could be more absurd.

As a commentator to that blog notes the EU cannot avoid interfering in every aspect of daily life, however, read here.