Showing posts with label states rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label states rights. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

On Britain’s Possible Accession after Seceding from the Union

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Secession is a nasty business. Both Britain and South Carolina learned that lesson. Whereas the American member-state failed to secede from ...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

E.U. President Von der Leyen Survives A No-Confidence Vote

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Falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass on July 10, 2025, the no-confidence vote on President Von der Leyen of the Commissio...
Friday, November 1, 2024

The E.U.’s Parliament and the U.S.’s House of Representatives in Dialogue

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On November 1, 2024, “All Saints Day” in Roman Catholic Christianity, the E.U. announced that a peaceful delegation of the elected represent...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

On the E.U.’s Principle of Unanimity: The Case of Hungary

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As of 2024, enlargement policy, foreign affairs, taxation, and the budget was “bound by the principle of unanimity,” which means that each s...
Monday, December 12, 2011

The Visible Hand: Markets Forging a Stronger E.U.

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Joschka Fischer, a former foreign minister of the state of Germany, said the agreement under which 17 state governments accept more oversig...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Greece & Italy: Undercutting Market Confidence in the E.U.

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As a federal system, the E.U. can be expected to contain a certain amount of economic disparity. The state bond yields in October 2011, for...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Angela Merkel: Leading Germany in the E.U.

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In the E.U. state of Germany, Angela Merkel had her work cut out for her in getting her coalition to carry the German House, or Bundestag. ...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Political Ideology in a U.S. Federal Healthcare Budget: Disentangling Redistribution, Government and Federalism

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A shift in power from the U.S. Governments to those of the states is distinct from a redution in the size of government. These are distinct,...