They didn't: https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/16/no-the-eu-didnt-ban-apple-fro...

Devices should be offered without a charger. There's no law that states that that should be the default configuration. Nor that the charger should cost extra.

I know EU didn't ban chargers, but the common American sentiment somehow molded into that.

It is interesting to see how mass-propaganda is playing out right before our eyes...