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By which you mean Europe would claim that the international treaties they make superseed the will of the local voters by virtue of them being in Europe ? http:
by waps 13y ago
By which you mean Europe would claim that the international treaties they make superseed the will of the local voters by virtue of them being in Europe ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_(European_Union_law) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supremacy_(European_Union_law)
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y agoYes. Member states can't just pick and choose. They're in or they're out, with few exceptions.
- waps 13y agoExcept of course that in every test ever European politicians have chosen to safeguard their power and jobs as opposed to the principles of the European state. Hell they've even gone against democracy itself. Btw : letting member states pick and chose is alive and well. It's called confederalism and you can see it in action in (amongst others) Belgium and Switzerland.
- chad_oliver 13y agoEU law is a framework for cooperation between local communities. Cooperation only works if it's mutual.