supranational
Supranational
definition
adjective
supranational law
having power or influence that transcends national boundaries or governments.
example
The template constituted a form of 'supranational' policy-making, in which powers were transferred from the national to the EU level.
More often than not, efforts to knit national economies into one 'supranational' whole fall victim to obstructionism.
While initially established by national governments, 'supranational' EU institutions develop a degree of autonomy from the control of governments.
By this they mean ‘the multinational corporations, the 'supranational' institutions and the other dominant nation-states’.
This is because the EU has now reproduced the lack of transparency and distance from popular participation which is typical of these 'supranational' organisations.
Effective 'supranational' laws and bodies are needed.
We must break the present 'supranational' controls over nation-states, by the financial oligarchy.
She warned that granting powers to the 'supranational' institutions would lead to a ‘European super-state’.
The defining characteristic of our age is not a shift of power upward, to 'supranational' institutions, but downward.
The ECB is a unique 'supranational' organization with powers far beyond what we could have imagined sovereign states would delegate to such an institution.
The Commission is no stranger to criticism from those who don't like its decisions, and competition policy is arguably its most visible 'supranational' power.
At what levels should these forums exist - local, national, or 'supranational' ?
This is why 'supranational' institutions such as the European Union are so important.
The other pins its hopes on the transformative power of a 'supranational' politics that will gradually catch up with runaway markets.
The massive influence of the US within 'supranational' institutions is also pointed out for the attention of the discerning reader.
Thus, the EU is a crossroads where subnational, national, 'supranational' , and international policy-making all intersect.
Their plans were strikingly similar to the integration of nationalisms or what might more accurately be called the 'supranationalism' of today's European Union.
This sensitivity about sovereignty and 'supranationality' is reflected by the official position on the new treaty.
For decades the biggest debate in the EU has been between 'supranationalism' and intergovernmentalism, staggeringly boring terms describing a very important difference.
Political debates over 'supranationality' have cross-cut the main organizing lines of European politics to a striking degree.
Had it worked, this strategy would have returned the world to multipolarity through 'supranationalism' .
Majority voting is a key instrument of 'supranationalism' because member states on the losing side agree to abide by the majority's decision.
The picture of strong 'supranationalism' is wrong.
A factor which weighs against 'supranationality' is the burden of the past generated by the frustration of integration projects.
With the end of 'supranationality' , might it not be said that its advocates did the world a lot of damage?
Against federalist ambitions, Weiler maintains that 'supranationality' does not strive for unity.
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