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==Loss of sovereignty by member states==
==Loss of sovereignty by member states==
[[File:Nazi Nato.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Growth of Western fascism.]]
[[File:Nazi Nato.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Growth of Western fascism.]]
The member states of the European Union fall under the jurisdiction of the Union's legislative and judicial institutions (the Court of Justice, the Commission, the Council and the Parliament) in those competences that they have conferred to the Union (the principle of subsidiarity). Similar to Federal Law trumping State Law in United States politics, EU member states are obliged to follow the laws set forth by the European Court of Justice, even if their national laws are contradictory. This system of government pools sovereignty in those agreed areas from the nation, and rests it in the EU institutions. Some political theorists argue that the EU is thus the death of the nation, as by the [[Treaty of Westphalia]], nations are defined by their right of self-sovereignty; however, each member state has a legal right to cede from the EU, which non-sovereign components of states do not.
The member states of the European Union fall under the jurisdiction of the Union's legislative and judicial institutions (the Court of Justice, the democracy|undemocratically]] appointed [[European Commission]], the Council and the Parliament) in those competences that they have conferred to the Union (the principle of subsidiarity). EU member states are obliged to follow the laws set forth by the European Court of Justice, even if their national laws are contradictory. This system of government pulls sovereignty in those agreed areas away from the member state, and rests it in the undemocratic EU institutions. Some political theorists argue that the EU is thus the death of the nation, as by the [[Treaty of Westphalia]], nations are defined by their right of self-sovereignty; however, each member state has a legal right to cede from the EU, which non-sovereign components of states do not.
==Economy==
==Economy==