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pocksuppetyesterday at 7:08 PM2 repliesview on HN

Not really, it's not sovereign. The EU can pass laws that each European country chooses to implement. If they don't implement enough EU laws, they can get kicked out, which means more pieces of paper are written and some European countries might choose to afford them less privileges.


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zajio1amyesterday at 8:33 PM

No. EU laws are of two kinds: directives and regulations. Directives work roughly as you describe, while regulations have direct effect like regular laws.

jimnotgymyesterday at 8:28 PM

> The EU can pass laws that each European country...

Each EU member state, the UK, Switzerland and Russia don't really get involved

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