> Don't national laws, or at least allegiance to laws at the national level, trump EU laws? No. The EU issues directives which EU countries have to turn into l

> Don't national laws, or at least allegiance to laws at the national level, trump EU laws? No. The EU issues directives which EU countries have to turn into laws. The implementation details vary from country to country, but save a few exceptions, laws the meet the minimum requirements of these directives must be enacted. This doesn't always happen in practice but it's a violation of EU law. Sometimes the laws just aren't enforced, like the UK's implementation of the EU cookie directive. No idea about any of the rest of your comment. Perhaps someone better informed will chime in.