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> In other words, the ECJ considers EU member states to no longer be sovereign. No, EU Member States are sovereign. They can quit whenever they want. Unlike sa
by orra 5y ago
> In other words, the ECJ considers EU member states to no longer be sovereign.
No, EU Member States are sovereign. They can quit whenever they want. Unlike say Texas in the USA.
> Why can't the EU be merely a trade and foreign policy union - why does it have to spread into every area?
This viewpoint, common with Brexiters, is completely wanting in historical accuracy.
The EU and its legal (edit: and de-facto) predecessors have always been political. The European Coal and Steel Community was founded in 1951 to “make war not only unthinkable but materially impossible”. Economic integration was just a means to an end, namely political integration.
- chuckee 5y ago> They can quit whenever they want. At a steep economic cost. Should the EU be using its economic clout to meddle in the internal affairs of member states? > wanting in historical accuracy. I was making a suggestion ("why can't X be Y"), not a statement about current or historical fact. That things are or were a certain way, does not mean they should continue to be so.
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoTheir union, their rules.