EU Laws - Taking over
WORKERS, MAY 2007 ISSUE
Between 1998 and 2004, 23,167 legal acts were adopted in Germany. No fewer than 18,917 were of EU origin.
Former German President Roman Herzog commented, "By far the largest part of the current laws in Germany are agreed by the Council of Ministers and not the German parliament ... therefore the question has to be asked whether Germany can still unreservedly call itself a parliamentary democracy."
Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxemburg's Prime Minister, described how the EU works: "We decide on something, put it out there and then wait for a while to see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss – because most people don't understand what has been decided – we continue step by step until there is no turning back."