[...] the EU considers itself the equivalent of the US federal government, specifically in that any time there is a conflict between national (state) and EU (federal) law, EU law takes precedent.
[...] you guys are going to have to start shooting very soon, since they’re not about to just let you be free again.
The EU isn't the US federal government though. The last time someone tried to secede from the EU, they just tried to punish them economically (unlike the last time someone tried to secede from the US. We fought a whole war over that and irrevocably changed the face of our government.)
The EU isn't the US federal government though. The last time someone tried to secede from the EU, they just tried to punish them economically (unlike the last time someone tried to secede from the US. We fought a whole war over that and irrevocably changed the face of our government.)
Sure. But they claim to be.
And also didn’t technically let them leave, since all of their foreign policies are still mandated by the EU.