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Der Spiegel: Why the EU is Unconsitutional
Long article that is very interesting. The Germans are starting to fugure out what the EU really means. Read the whole article and see that the irony is that an Islamic terrorist is showing them what's at stake. More irony than Marbury v. Madison EFL The European Union wants to integrate law enforcement. But that means that laws passed in one country would be valid across the continent. Germany's high court believes such a provision is unconstitutional. A decision is set for April that may have serious consequences for the future of the European dream. Specifically, critics like high court justice Udo Di Fabio wonder if judicial cooperation throughout the European Union is a step in the direction of a "European super-state." In other words, could centralizing power at EU level limit member states' ability to guarantee rights currently enjoyed by their citizens? ...Now, the court, in case number 2 BvR 2236/04, intends not only to address the issue of judicial cooperation among EU member states, but also the very foundation of a united Europe. If the judges' concerns prevail, says Federal Minister of Justice Brigitte Zypries "we would essentially be parting ways with the European Union." The list of issues Di Fabio intends to raise ranges from the implementation of the "principle of democracy" in the European Union, through the risks of "gradual elimination of the sovereign state" to the question of whether the pro-European softening of Germany's basic law four years ago was an unconstitutional amendment of the constitution. .... Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-03-19 |
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