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> cause to eliminate the EU means, technically, throwing out the Treaty of Maastricht (1992), the Treaty of Rome (1958) and the Amsterdam Treaty (1997) which to
by shard972 14y ago
> cause to eliminate the EU means, technically, throwing out the Treaty of Maastricht (1992), the Treaty of Rome (1958) and the Amsterdam Treaty (1997) which together define most of the framework, institutions, conventions and law enabling European freedom of movement and trade.
So your telling me that they cannot possibly abandon the EU without abandoning these treaties? That and what stops them from simply re-writing and re-signing them?
- inopinatus 14y agoYes, I am telling you that. What stops them? How about :- The multilateral complexity of negotiating the removal those pieces that aren't desirable anymore from those that are The massive number of directives that have been issued under the auspices of said treaties that have to be reconsidered The lack of political will The need to recreate the political sentiments active in Europe in the '50s The necessity for every European state to ratify said rewritten treaties in their parliaments We're talking about disentangling tens of thousands of pieces of legislation and policy from the last fifty years, at both national and international level. Honestly, it would be easier to progress to full federalism or just ditch the whole thing, than try to edit the EU and achieve any kind of systemic consistency at the end of it.