▁the ▁European ▁Commission , ▁and ▁some ▁assert ▁that ▁the ▁term ▁( in ▁the ▁former ▁sense ) ▁is ▁f als ely ▁applied ▁to ▁true ▁stories . ▁ ▁Sometimes ▁debate ▁as ▁to ▁whether ▁a ▁particular ▁claim ▁is ▁true ▁or ▁not ▁continues ▁long ▁after ▁the ▁original ▁story ▁appeared . ▁On ▁occasions , ▁Eur om yth s ▁may ▁arise ▁when ▁the ▁actions ▁of ▁a ▁different ▁European ▁organisation , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁Europe , ▁are ▁err one ously ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁EU . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁the ▁British ▁government ▁announced ▁a ▁policy ▁of ▁public ly ▁re but ting ▁such ▁myth s , ▁acc using ▁journal ists ▁of ▁failing ▁in ▁their ▁mission ▁to ▁inform . ▁ ▁Source ▁of ▁e ur om yth s ▁Acc us ations ▁of ▁dist orted ▁or ▁un tr uth ful ▁reporting ▁are ▁most ▁commonly ▁directed ▁at ▁conserv ative ▁and ▁Eu ros cept ic ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁media . ▁St ories ▁can ▁present ▁the ▁European ▁civil ▁service ▁as ▁draft ing ▁rules ▁that ▁" def y ▁common ▁sense ". ▁Ex amples ▁c ited ▁as ▁Eur om yth s ▁include ▁stories ▁about ▁rules ▁b anning ▁m ince ▁p ies , ▁pra wn ▁co ck tail ▁cr is ps , ▁cur ved ▁ban anas ▁and ▁m ush y ▁pe as . ▁O thers ▁include ▁a ▁story ▁that ▁English ▁fish ▁and ▁ch ips ▁sh ops ▁would ▁be ▁forced ▁to ▁use ▁Latin ▁names ▁for ▁their ▁fish ▁( The ▁Sun , ▁ 5 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 1 ), ▁quoted ▁in ▁ ▁that