I think you should read the document from the OpenEurope UK think-tank, it exemplifies how EU does not work and gives us tons of stuff to work on in the coming years. After reading it I am not surprised that the Czech president supports a court to decide if it violates the Czech constitution before signing:<div>
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<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Nicolas</div><div> PPI / PPSE member</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Nicolas Sahlqvist <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicco77@gmail.com">nicco77@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Ahh, OpenEurope (the think-tank) has a 40 pages report I missed to link here:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.openeurope.org.uk/research/howtheeuiswatchingyou.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.openeurope.org.uk/research/howtheeuiswatchingyou.pdf</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Seems interesting, need to read it through..</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Nicolas</div><div> PPI / PPSE member</div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Nicolas Sahlqvist <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicco77@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicco77@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A UK think-thank has a somewhat gloomier picture:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6440812/Lisbon-Treaty-will-usher-in-European-surveillance-state.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6440812/Lisbon-Treaty-will-usher-in-European-surveillance-state.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I am sure the other governments follows UK's example..</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>- Nicolas</div><div> PPI / PPSE member</div><div><div></div><div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Amelia Andersdotter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:teirdes@gmail.com" target="_blank">teirdes@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div><div>For the UK in particular, the EU at large has meant a massive influx of legislation. Up until the early 1990s the UK government passed about 18 legislative acts per year, after 1997 more than a thousand.</div>
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<div>But this is because of the clash between Napoleonic/Germanic law and the Common Law systems: Common Law is based on case law, whereas the rest of Europe relies on legislative acts (that are of course also interpreted in case law).</div>
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<div>The Lisbon Treaty will likely force the UK to continue passing legislative acts, unless they give directives direct effect (presumably) in UK courts. However, legislative acts aren't necessarily a bad thing: for one, it is easier for me as a citizen to look of the state regulations on sewers than try to locate sewer-related case law in the official journal of the high court.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:22 AM, El Tres <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pirat@eltres.de" target="_blank">pirat@eltres.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left:1ex;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:#ccc 1px solid"><br><br>Am 23.10.2009 um 00:16 schrieb Eric Priezkalns <<a href="mailto:eric.priezkalns@pirateparty.org.uk" target="_blank">eric.priezkalns@pirateparty.org.uk</a>>:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left:1ex;margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:#ccc 1px solid"><br>[UK] A constitution may exist, even if it is unwritten. Such a constitution may be stronger than one written on a piece of paper, but where people don't do what the words on the paper say.<br>
<br></blockquote><br>Hear, Hear!<br><font color="#888888"><br>El Tres</font>
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