[Comment] Without the law there would be no European Union

Euro Observer Fri, 18 May 2007 0:33 AM PDT

18.05.2007 - 09:22 CET | By Peter Sain ley Berry EUOBSERVER / COMMENT - Go to any introductory lecture on the European Union and you will hear phrases such as 'unique experiment,' 'international co-operation,' 'rule of law.'

Member states even agreed to give 'European' law precedence over their own; there wouldn't be any point in having common laws if nations could pick and choose which they obeyed.