First of all, what's EU?
Well, at the end of the second world war (I assume you've heard of that, at least?), there was an idea of wanting to integrate europe a bit more so as to perhaps avoid those kind of unfortunate happenings in the future, at least on european soil. This led to the european coal and steel community, an international organization with the purpose of creating a foundation for european democracy and modern-day development. It's a bunch of ballsacks but eventually this **** led to a sort of supranationalist quasidemocracy known to the world (not you though, obviously) as the EU, or the European Union.
Second, why would they ban a claimed "safer" product and not the one that is eventually going to end up being banned from being used in cars?
Well, this is because the EU is a piece of lobbyism mixed with feigned democracy founded on the Golden Rule; The one with the gold rules. Which is also why you can transport ridiculous amounts of ethanol across and the two most influential countries are the ones pulling all the shots.
Third, it was joke.
Good for you.