The move makes geoblocking a priority for the European Commission as it tries to create a single market for digital services across the 28-nation bloc.

Industries argue that they tailor their prices to specific domestic markets. The proposal, which will apply to e-commerce websites such as Amazon, Zalando and eBay, as well as for services given in a specific location like car rental, forbids online retailers from automatically re-routing customers to their domestic website without their consent.

It will also apply to copyright-protected content such as music, games, software and e-books in the law. Music streaming services such as Spotify and iTunes would not be able to prevent, for example, a French customer buying a cheaper subscription in Croatia.

We guess they will make all their money from the UK now that they are going to be a bloc all of their own.