You lost me in the first line at the words Article 5 :-( Sent from my iPad
> On 9 Jun 2016, at 09:23, John Boocock <[email protected]> wrote: > > I prefer to see devolved democracy which adheres to Article 5 of the Lisbon > Treaty: > > 1. The limits of Union competences are governed by the principle of > conferral. The use of Union competences is governed by the principles of > subsidiarity and proportionality. > 2. Under the principle of conferral, the Union shall act only within the > limits of the competences conferred upon it by the Member States in the > Treaties to attain the objectives set out therein. Competences not conferred > upon the Union in the Treaties remain with the Member States. > 3. Under the principle of subsidiarity, in areas which do not fall within its > exclusive competence, the Union shall act only if and insofar as the > objectives of the proposed action cannot be sufficiently achieved by the > Member States, either at central level or at regional and local level, but > can rather, by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action, be > better achieved at Union level. > The institutions of the Union shall apply the principle of subsidiarity as > laid down in the Protocol on the application of the principles of > subsidiarity and proportionality. National Parliaments ensure compliance with > the principle of subsidiarity in accordance with the procedure set out in > that Protocol. > 4. Under the principle of proportionality, the content and form of Union > action shall not exceed what is necessary to achieve the objectives of the > Treaties. > The institutions of the Union shall apply the principle of proportionality as > laid down in the Protocol on the application of the principles of > subsidiarity and proportionality. > > How this would equate to "village states" I am hard pressed to see. If > Article 5 was expressed clearly by all those involved in the European Project > we would be in a very different place. > > Osborne'sNorthern Poorhouse makes a mockery of this as do the many Labour > council leaders who got into bed with Osborne in order to adopt his bonkers > proposals in order to save their own, very tribal skins. > > I digress..................... > > Betty > > > >> On 08/06/2016 17:35, Rick Duniec (@ntl) wrote: >> If we start the breakaway we'll end up with villages city states! > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
