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Sat 12 Jun, 2010 02:28 am
Quote:The enlargement of the EU to include 27 states (with more to come) means that European institutions are likely to remain sui generis, and unlikely to produce a strong federal Europe or a single state. Legal integration is increasing, and European Court verdicts have compelled member countries to change policies. But legislative- and executive-branch integration has lagged, and, while Europe has created a president and a central figure for foreign relations, foreign and defense policy remains only partly integrated.
Please explain the bolded parts. Thanks
In this context sui generis means the more states involved the more difficult it will be to integrate as each European institution will fight to retain a piece of their original identity or remain it's own governing body and/or entitey.
Central figure means a person responsible for foreign relations that represents the EU to the rest of the world, much like a person at the UN that acts as the primary liason to heads of state.
The idea that the EU will form a unified defense policy, etc. is not very realistic given deeply embedded cultural differences across geographic boundaries. In fact, trying to do so will only cause problems.
@fansy,
Quote: Europe has created ( a president and ) a central figure for foreign relations, ... ... but foreign and defense policy remains only partly integrated.
there is " figure head " in the organization but member states still persue much of their own agenda in foreign and defence policy .
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