That's not up to the EU. Thats up to the individual countries.
The EU is a memebership of collective countries, not some all powerfull entity of controlling its memebers and telling them what to do.. It's not the same as the US federal system.
The EU is a memebership of collective countries, not some all powerfull entity of controlling its memebers and telling them what to do.. It's not the same as the US federal system.
This is exactly what EU directives and EU regulations are for. Every time the EU accepts either one of those, all members must follow them.
EDIT: I'm confused that this gets downvoted. The EU has the power to force laws upon its members (not in every policy area, but in plenty) and it does so frequently. If that's not "telling member states what to do" then what is?
Who do you think accepts them in the EU ? ... Hint : (All Members)
> EU directives and EU regulations are for.
Actually what they're for is to ensure everyone who is a members gets the fair shake, thats why those that we have have all been agreed by all members. And our Single market is pretty great. Not perfect, it will continue to improve by the work and effort of us members together, but it's unimaginably better than none.
It's also extremely irresponsible to simply want to throw the toys out of the cot and not offer any real solutions; i.e : Brexit.
There was no exit plan, just a lot of chest pounding and falsehoods about the EU. Thats why it took so long for the UK.
Lets see how it plays out, I know all of Europe will be paying attention.
Likewise, using facial recognition technology on airports is exactly within scope of the EU to mandate (or outlaw).
It's members make up the rules.. To get a facial recognition ban, all members must agree to implement it. Then it becomes part of the EU standards.. Members agree to it, then implement it. Its is NOT: "Well you have to implement this because you're a member of the EU" - It does not work that way.
Additionally, the borders aren't even managed by EU. There is shengen travel area, where countries agreed to remove internal borders and come up with one set of rules for external borders. This is entirely separate, and UK for example did not sign up to it.