European Union Articles Of Confederation
Posted in EU Info on 10/06/2010 11:23 pm by admin
Isn’t the European Union kinda like America under the Articles of Confederation?
In America, it took Shay’s Rebellion (a rebellion over taxes and the failure of the government to enforce them since no states felt like providing troops). The states agreed that it was not tenable to continue that way and agreed to surrender some of their power to the federal government in exchange for the benefits of the union.
What will it take for European nations to surrender some of their national sovereignty to the greater good of the European Union?
Very much so. But there are differences.
In the US, each state was not capable of functioning as its own independent government. It didn’t have the resources. In Europe, that’s generally not the case.
Actually, it’s more like the Confederacy that led to the US Civil War. The EU central government is primarily advisory, and provides minimal infrastructure, while the member-states each run things internally as they think best.
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