The fiction of every law making organisation is that they can get away with creating every law they want. If they did not believe this fiction, the whole idea

The fiction of every law making organisation is that they can get away with creating every law they want. If they did not believe this fiction, the whole idea of law as something that applies to everyone becomes meaningless. In practice, the power of a lawmaker is limited by if he can get the law applied. For example, multiple muslim countries have laws banning women walking around without head scarf. Not only in their country, but everywhere in the universe. In practice, you see many women walking around without one, and the relevant lawmakers dont know or care. But suppose one of these women is in such a country, gets summoned in court for this, and proof is given she violated the law, even outside the country, then the judge has only one option: Guilty. Society runs on hoping this does not happen, i.e. selective enforcement. For Europe, the situation is clear: They can get away with any law in Europe, as long as it doesnt cause them to be voted out. And it seems the general public is not going to vote them out, so they can easily get away with this.