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It is interesting to note that the European Union officially establishes the Principle of Subsidiarity in the 1992 Treaty of Maastricht. So theoretically we sho
by chad_oliver 13y ago
It is interesting to note that the European Union officially establishes the Principle of Subsidiarity in the 1992 Treaty of Maastricht. So theoretically we should never have EU regulations which breach this principle. In practice, things might be different!
- skrebbel 13y agoI find that in practice, the exact opposite happens. A fine example to illustrate how difficult this is, is differences in attitudes towards homosexuals. One country, e.g. Croatia, where homosexuality is not as accepted as it is in my country (the Netherlands), might decide to forbid a Gay Parade because the risk of its participants being beaten up is too big. This, in turn, would cause great political turmoil in a country like the Netherlands, because of discrimination. In such cases, I've seen Dutch MEPs try to make Brussels enforce that the parade takes place and is properly protected by police. Who is right? My sense of values says the Dutch. My sense of politics (subsidiarity) says that the Croatians can figure it out for themselves. Who are we to export our morals to other member states? But this is an unpopular view. I suspect that the majority of Dutchmen would support strong European laws and guidelines to protect homosexuals. But what if Brussels starts to similarly override our drug policies, which many other member states find immoral? Suddenly this whole centralization thing doesn't sound so nice anymore.
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y agoEU law doesn't protect gay people, to my knowledge. The EHCR does.
- lucian1900 13y agoAll forms of governance must be forced to uphold human rights. No political argument can counter that without arguing that not all humans have the same rights.