But this was about five years ago or a little more, and we were now members of the European Union. And the EU said no-no when Sweden wanted to ban fireworks. Banning fireworks was a way to limit the free market within the European Union, you see. Makers of fireworks in Brussels and Strasbourg would not be able to sell their stuff in Sweden if we outlawed their products. So instead of banning fireworks, Sweden ended up making them legal all year round. Because, so the government told us, that is what the EU had ordered them to do.
I'm tempted to say it's much more complicated. EU is based on agreements and shared laws. There's a law who says that if a country says one product is legal, all of the countries have to accept it. That's the way it works. You can agree or disagree but that's the way it works. Sweden had to accept fireworks, France had to accept Redbull when it was illegal some monthes ago... I'm sure every country in the EU live the same situation.
