Tuesday, January 14, 2014
The EU has managed to set off what are typically known to be some of Europe's most helpful, trusting and reserved citizens. What for this time? Messing with Danish pastries.
Kanelsnegel, better known as cinnamon buns/rolls, are traditional Scandinavian pastries enjoyed in countriessuch as Denmark, whose version of the pastry was the recent target of EU bullying. The European Commission published a conclusion last week that the buns contained "too much cinnamon-y goodness."
While available legally in other Scandinavian countries, it is only considered legal outside of Denmark under EU law because it is listed as "traditional and seasonal bakery", being consumed mostly around Christmas. Kanelsnegel apasionado Arend Larsen said, "Is it so wrong to want to have the Christmas spirit all year long? Christmas means happyness. Therefore, they are banning our right to happyness. I see this as a major violation of our freedoms as European citizens."
As a result of the EC's ruling, improvised street protests have erupted across the country's capital. One protestor said, "The EU can tell the southern European countries what to do. To me it's no matter. But this, this is personal", as he took a heaping bite of cinnamon sugary bliss. It's estimated that an additional 500 kilos of the pastry are being made by local bakeries in solidarity with protestors and also to simply keep them fed. "Don't forget the coffee!" said protestor Andrea Beck "It's cold out here..."
