Comment Re:pay at the pump with card or cash is needed (Score 1) 98
1. Design: EU is a Union (a de-facto federation) created bottom-up by the States themselves. The State governments agreed on the design & structure which they coded in the Treaties. All State Parliaments ratified the treaties. In some States, depending on their State Constitution requirements, public referendums were held. So the EU as a whole was created with the full consent all constituent member States, whose governments were democratically elected
2. Powers (Competencies): Thru the EU treaties, the EU States voluntarily conferred somepowers (competencies) to the Union level government bodies. Not all powers! For example, the Monetary Policy (the Euro) was given by the States to the Union (to ECB). Notable powers that remains with the States are: Fiscal, Welfare, Defence, Education, Healthcare. Some powers are shared, like Foreign Policy. See full list of which powers are at Union level, which are shared, which remains with the States here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
3. Representation: EU States are heavily represented into each of the legislative, executive, judicial and other branches of EU government. Out of 7 major EU government bodies:
* States are directly represented in 2 bodies
* States nominate representatives in 4 bodies
* EU citizens directly elect 1 body
So See this graphical representation here (it's missing the EU Cours of Auditors): https://media.licdn.com/dms/im...
Questions?
2. Powers (Competencies): Thru the EU treaties, the EU States voluntarily conferred somepowers (competencies) to the Union level government bodies. Not all powers! For example, the Monetary Policy (the Euro) was given by the States to the Union (to ECB). Notable powers that remains with the States are: Fiscal, Welfare, Defence, Education, Healthcare. Some powers are shared, like Foreign Policy. See full list of which powers are at Union level, which are shared, which remains with the States here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
3. Representation: EU States are heavily represented into each of the legislative, executive, judicial and other branches of EU government. Out of 7 major EU government bodies:
* States are directly represented in 2 bodies
* States nominate representatives in 4 bodies
* EU citizens directly elect 1 body
So See this graphical representation here (it's missing the EU Cours of Auditors): https://media.licdn.com/dms/im...
Questions?
