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Why would any member state give away their sovereignty like that?

EU is setup like it is on purpose. Parliament represents the people, council the member countries and commission EU itself.

The one with most power is the council as nothing really goes though without their (heads of state of the member countries) approval as EU has no legislative powers of its own but instead member countries have to implement the directives.



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