Outbreak of EU Xmas cheer at the Mail

A remarkable occurrence in the papers this morning.I had to look twice but the Mail is actually praising some EC legislation.

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Shoppers get £1bn Christmas present after EU tells Mastercard to scrap illegal fees says the paper

Credit card companies have been told to slash the fees they charge shops for authorising sales.
The EU ruling should mean a fall in prices of up to £1billion a year in the UK.
Tesco alone pays £100million a year to the banks for processing credit and debit cards.
Brussels Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said she was delivering "an early Christmas present to consumers".

And not once but twice as its leader column praises the proposed rules on health care

You can bet your bottom euro that UK taxpayers will end up out of pocket, paying for British patients' treatment abroad while foreigners take advantage of "free" care on the NHS.
But couldn't there also be a positive side?
For the first time, NHS patients would be able to shop around for health care all over Europe. A competitive market would start dictating the cost of different treatments

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It must be the spirit of Xmas because the Times also has a positive EU story

Luxury car prices to soar as EU cracks down on exhaust fumes

With several commissioners dissenting, the European Commission set a four-year phase-in period from 2012 for fines on manufacturers whose fleets exceed an average of 120 g/km of the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.