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Re:Bomb kills journalist who exposed Malta's ties to tax havens by caf on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:09PM (#15496384)
It is completely inconsistent to complain about the EC not being directly elected (it is nominated by the member governments) yet also complain about "sacrificing national sovereignty" to the EU.

The entire reason that the EC is controlled by the member governments rather than by the directly-elected parliament is because that arrangement maintains national sovereignty of the member states. A directly elected European executive would have a competing mandate with the national governments; an EC controlled by the member governments is naturally subservient to them.

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Re:Bomb kills journalist who exposed Malta's ties to tax havens by cat199 on Friday October 20, 2017 @09:58AM (#15515786)
when a consortium of other state leaders can meet to enact legislation that is binding on my country it is not sovereignty, even if my leaders have a vote..

I understand this is by treaty currently so your points tsnds; my argument is that creating standing armed bodies such as this is a step down the path to a change in such arrangements (as basically all of history will demonstrate)...

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