>>508988015when you open the bottle the cap does not fully separate from that bottom ring, a hinge remains
it gets in your face when you drink
it gets in the way when you screw the cap back on
the official explanation is that EU citizens are naughty children and they throw away the caps / forget to return them with the bottle for recycling
the real reason is that EU politicians get off to make life shittier for EU citizens
their #1 kink in life is knowing that they've managed to annoy hundreds of millions of people who can't do shit except seethe impotently
there's probably some kind of Marina Abramovic style voodoo juju behind it, like they believe all that hate in converted into good fortune for them if they sacrifice a virgin every new moon