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Disinfo: European countries have lost their sovereignty through the European treaties

Summary

Treaties signed over the past 20 years by European countries have deprived national parliaments of their sovereignty, which no longer have the economic, financial or military leverage to take autonomous decisions in their own interests.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative claiming that EU member states lose their sovereignty to the EU, consistent with another narrative about undemocratic EU.

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Journal of New Eastern Outlook (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 169
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 17/10/2019
  • Language/target audience: English
  • Keywords: European Union, Sovereignty

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