A brief summary on the NPR article
Russia Recognizes Independent Crimea; U.S. And EU 'Stand Firm' With Ukraine
URL: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/03/17/290788338/u-s-and-eu-ready-sanctions-crimea-asks-to-join-russia
The population of Crimea is voting to become an independent nation, separate from Ukraine. Russia is supporting the independent Republic of Crimea and could potentially integrate Crimea into the Russian Federation. The United States and the European Union are implementing sanctions on Russians and Ukranians that allowed Russia to enter a military force in Crimea.
A photo from the article.
These are the ballots given to the Crimeans asking a vote whether or not to remain a part of Ukraine.
This article shows a loss of sovereignty amongst the member nations of the EU because the individual nations have to follow the decision of the Union to place economic sanctions. The individual nations cannot choose to ignore the decision of the EU. Ergo, these nations have lost their sovereignty because they can no longer independently choose who to sanction.
This article shows a loss of sovereignty amongst the member nations of the EU because the individual nations have to follow the decision of the Union to place economic sanctions. The individual nations cannot choose to ignore the decision of the EU. Ergo, these nations have lost their sovereignty because they can no longer independently choose who to sanction.
In the case of the EU, it is possible that member nations may not wish to implement sanctions on Russia because of their reliance on Russian natural gas. Russia pumps a third of all the natural gas of Europe. Economic sanctions can potentially harm the energy of Europe. However, since the EU has decided to place sanctions on Russians responsible for the military operation in Crimea, the member nations have not choice but to comply despite the potential energy backlash in the future. It can clearly be seen that there has been a decrease in the sovereignty of the nations in the European Union.
Armand, first thing, you gotta change your font or background color. Its making my eyes go CRAZY.
ReplyDeleteSecond, I think you're really stretching to try and relate your article to how MGOs can cause a loss of sovereignty. Isn't it arguable that the EU votes together whether or not to impose sanctions? Doesn't this mean they have a say? In which case, this may not be such a strong example of loss of sovereignty.