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That's true, but EU governance is byzantine to say the least. I realise that this is a political necessity, but at some point people have to understand that we'

That's true, but EU governance is byzantine to say the least. I realise that this is a political necessity, but at some point people have to understand that we're losing a majority of the benefits while increasing costs in having such a cumbersome arrangement. Maybe with Russia being so aggressive people will realise unity and cooperation should be a priority.

toyg 5y ago
> That's true, but EU governance is byzantine to say the least. That's largely because the fight for primacy between continental authorities and national ones is still ongoing. Unlike the US, where (beyond the occasional tactical posture) Congress, Presidency, and Supreme Court, have long been established as fundamentally supreme to their equivalent in local states, for the EU this has not yet been the case in many areas. Even the courts of one of the pillars of the union, Germany, recently refused to certify such primacy, and are currently in the process of being sanctioned.