06-09-2016, 08:58 PM
(06-09-2016, 08:48 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: They were never supposed to have this power. It was for free trade in an era of tariffs.
The predecessor to the EU, yes, but subsequent treaties made them into something else. Treaties the member states signed and had the option not to. I mean, they are overstepping their bounds in my opinion, but the treaties that have been signed show the EU has evolved into a different being than it's predecessor at the end of WWII
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
