You mean "should have implemented". It's left to member countries to make the laws to match the directives, and if the EU thinks the law doesn't match the direc

You mean "should have implemented". It's left to member countries to make the laws to match the directives, and if the EU thinks the law doesn't match the directive it's a very long legal process to sort it out. The example in the UK I can think about is the detention in prison without trial for terrorism case. When the European court said "Ah, no." they scrapped it. And instead brought in house arrest without trial. Cue another long legal process. But yes, I agree the EU has some great bits :-) (Again, IANAL, and I worry I'm confusing the EU, European Commission and European court here ...)