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Politics

Main article: Politics of the European Union

The EU operates solely within those competencies conferred on it upon the treaties and according to the principle of subsidiarity (which dictates that action by the EU should only be taken where an objective cannot be sufficiently achieved by the member states alone). Laws made by the EU institutions are passed in a variety of forms. Generally speaking they can be classified into two groups: those which come into force without the necessity for national implementation measures, and those which specifically require national implementation measures.

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    “Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.”
    —Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)

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