From: "David MR" <damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 2:17 AM <snip> > What I'm getting at is that the European countries who belong to the EU no > longer are sovereing nations. For example, France can make Italy change a > law if France doesn't like it. > Sorry, not so. No European country can make any other change a law, any more than an American state can make some other state change a law. The European Union may find some member country's law violates a treaty which that country has agreed to. EU members have given up some sovereignty to the Union, just as American states give up some of theirs to the Federal government. I believe the U.S.Supreme Court has attempted to enforce some treaties, which the U.S. has ratified, against the wishes of an American administration, but I think it's a pretty rare. event. It would be interesting if U.S.courts took up the question of enforcing the Geneva conventions, to which the U.S. is a party, against the actions of a U.S.administration, but I don't think they will. Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html