There are few subjects on which the EU27 can so easily reach unanimous agreement. The European ministers responsible for the internal market, meeting in Brussels on Monday 8 December for the ‘Competitiveness’ Council, expressed a broad consensus on the dangers of e-commerce and the never-ending stream of small parcels under which the EU and its customs authorities find themselves submerged.
Of the 12 million small items entering the European Union every day, “90% of them are not...