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>The EU is not a country and does not have its own laws. Things like this copyright directive will get turned into 28 distict member state level laws. Directive
by ApolloFortyNine 8y ago
>The EU is not a country and does not have its own laws. Things like this copyright directive will get turned into 28 distict member state level laws. Directives only set the common denominator for these laws.
So the EU could have a directive that guarantees freedom of speech across the board? Seems like your just arguing semantics.
- gmueckl 8y agoNot just semantics. The state level laws resulting from directives are different from each other, sometimes substantially so. Also, the EU cannot regulate everything. I think that a directive about free speech is not possible. However, there is the Charta of Human Rights that is signed by all member states of the EU that guarantees freedom of speech. Again, this construct has the wrinkle that this charter demands the individual states to uphold these rights. It institutes the European Court of Justice as the highest court in matters concerning this charta.