do you agree that european intergration involves a loss of sovereignty for its participants?

Question

definition of what is sovereignty of staes.then argue how it is affecting sovereignty of states for example states do not have control over their monetary policy,or they have to wait for the green light of other countries before they can adopt a certain policy,most emninent monetary policy.also should talk about external ties with other trading blocs outside the EU,whether it is possible for EU members to forge trading agreement with non-EU members.then discuss by saying it does not really undermine state sovereignty because member do have some policies which they can adopt without consultation of other states...example their defence policy or their education policy.

Answer 1

Of course it involves a loss of sovereignty for member states, but it's a tradeoff against the expected benefits of integration. No country would join unless it felt the benefits would substantially outweigh the disadvantages.

In American political conventions, we hear someone proclaim to the microphones, "And the Sovereign State of Kentucky casts its 13 votes for the next President of the United States, blah, blah, blah ..."

Kentucky is not much more sovereign than you or me.

But Texas was a different matter. For almost a decade, the Lone Star Republic was really an independent country after independence from Mexico. In 1845, it joined the Union. Presumably, Texans are now pleased with that decision.

Another interesting example involving loss of sovereignty is the case of Rhode Island. One of the original thirteen colonies, Rhode Island held out for more than two years before deciding to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Wealthy merchants there were raking in profits on import duties, and they stood to lose that if Rhode Island joined the United States.

Although the Constitution went out for ratification in 1787, Rhode Island, the last holdout, still had not ratified as of the beginning of 1790. The U.S. may have to treat it as a foreign power. President George Washington even considered requiring visas for travel in and out, with immigration checkpoints and the like.

Finally, Rhode Islanders succumbed to the pressure, and they relinquished their sovereignty sometime in 1790 -- the last of the thirteen colonies to ratify.

Answer 2

Yes it means huge losses of sovereignty and it is not democratic as the laws are made by the council of ministers not the European Parliament. This means that, suppose the British do not like a European law they cannot throw the government out. They can only change their own government, meaning change one member of the council of ministers.

Answer 3

yes, somehow... but it's for a good cause