EU policy about making European laws

Where there is a problem, there is a law. It is an accurate description of European Union’s policy about making laws. When problems arise, EU may draft a new law or suggest some measures to tackle them in order to provide the necessary powers. However the European Parliament and Council will review, and may amend, the Commission’s proposals.

Once a law has been agreed at European level member states are obliged to ensure their national laws are consistent with it. They must do so even if they opposed the law in the Council of Ministers but were outvoted by the majority. Any nation joining the EU must agree that laws passed at a European level take precedence over national law.

In fact, most laws benefit the member countries equally and for the purpose to unite them together and become more powerful.