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The police follow their local laws and not EU laws and EU laws aren't automatically adopted by countries. And so far local politicians often refuse to enact EU
by username90 6y ago
The police follow their local laws and not EU laws and EU laws aren't automatically adopted by countries. And so far local politicians often refuse to enact EU laws when they don't make sense, and there isn't much EU can do about it since the local politicians are more powerful than EU politicians, instead EU tend to make exceptions for those who refuse.
Lastly unlike US countries can still leave EU. If they make it illegal to leave then I'd worry, but until then the local government always comes first, since if EU pressures them too much they'd just leave.
- SllX 6y agoPut that way, the EU sounds more impotent than I have been led to believe, and I already thought it was a fairly impotent form of government. Who is collecting all of these GDPR fines if not the national governments?
- jevgeni 6y agoEU is not a form of government to begin with.
- SllX 6y agoThe EU has a legislature, it passes laws, has borders, citizens and a monetary policy. It has limited executive functions but it does have some. It even has courts. You sure about that? I’m open to the idea, but I don’t see it. A sui generis government that doesn’t perfectly fit the mold of prior systems is still a government. Maybe a more apt description is a government of governments? Sell me on your take.
- jevgeni 6y agoMy take is the definition of the word "government". What you are describing isn't a government, you are describing a state.
- jevgeni 6y agoYes. Great explanation. It’s almost as if the EU project is thought out...