>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 rea

>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".