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History of Poland in 10 minutes. Really worth seeing! [169]
Good question, BB. I think we need a full-scale review of the notion of direct effect and the transposition of EU Directives. The EU, IMHO, doesn't conduct a broad enough sweep when it comes to accession and ratification criteria and agreements, e.g think Turkey and accession discussions based almost solely on human rights (one article even. Art 8 of the ECHR). Harmonisation/streamlining sounds all well and good but sometimes resistance and incompatibility have the potential to thwart the plan of 'ever closer integration'. The only recent rocking of the boat in America was Texas and their rumbling about severing themselves. It died down quickly. In Europe, however, it's a different ballgame. Stubborn players (Britain was for so long) will stymie the Eurocrats and rifts will begin to emerge. We can't go there if the people don't want it, very well said!! There has been enough loss of national sovereignty as it is.
I hear what you are saying, convex, but we are already off down that road. Part of a lawyer's training is how to transpose EU Directives and interpret the intentions of the drafters according to canons of construction. Subsidiarity was a stroke of genius in a sense. However, it's a bit like a point I was teaching the other day, and Animal Farm for that matter when the system gets corrupted. In the sphere of the environment, there is broad-based consultation when it comes to 'scoping', the preliminary stage of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). However, it doesn't screw with the plans of the Eurocrats. They maintain too much control when it comes to the protection of habitats, for example.
Anyway, I'm beginning to ramble. This matters for Poland as they were on a fixed path on many matters through LK and his vetoing. He was set in his ways but there has to be some middle ground as it stands. Tusk has the ability to compromise but the question is one of balance.
