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> First, there is nothing like the government in Europe. technically no... but in practice, yes. EU decides something, and local governments must implement th

> First, there is nothing like the government in Europe. technically no... but in practice, yes. EU decides something, and local governments must implement the EU-wide changes into local laws. If EU decides to do something, they do it... the states are not as sovereign as it might seem. I mean... look at EU banning RT (dot com) - https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/03/02/eu-imposes-sanctions-on-state-owned-outlets-rt-russia-today-and-sputnik-s-broadcasting-in-the-eu/ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022... EU decided to identify payers of bills (or bank transfers) above 1000eur, and every country had to pass the law ( https://www.eumonitor.eu/9353000/1/j4nvk6yhcbpeywk_j9vvik7m1c3gyxp/vjuo7ak2n0zf https://www.eumonitor.eu/9353000/1/j4nvk6yhcbpeywk_j9vvik7m1... ) So yeah... EU is "the government", there's just one step in between.

psychoslave 4y ago
>EU decides something, and local governments must implement the EU-wide changes into local laws. The thing is, "EU decides" hides all the complexity of the reality. First of all, "Europe Union" can refer to many things. Here, most likely the sentence refers to the European Parliament. European Commission, European Council, euro area are three other distinct notions for example that can be easily confused with EU. >the states are not as sovereign as it might seem. They prioritize their sovereign decision power on staying unified above local punctual interests… or not, as the Brexit showed. States, so far, remain sovereign, even if they accept to bow before collegial decisions in which they themselves participate. European Council is the institution that is generally presented as "the government".