What is EU law?
EU law is part of the law of the land in all EU Member States. It regards social, economic and political issues throughout the European Member States.
Article 1 of the Treaty of the European Union (1992):
“By this Treaty, the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES establish among themselves a EUROPEAN UNION, hereafter called “the Union” on which the Member States confer competences to attain objectives they have in common. This Treaty marks a new states in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizens. The Union shall be founded on the present Treaty and the Treaty and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as “the Treaties”). Those two Treaties shall have the same legal value. The Union shall replace and succeed the European Community.”
The EU doesn't simply function between the states. Rather than international law, EU Law is supranational law, because it is situated above the national law. The EU can also act as a legislator in those fields where the Member States have given up competences to the EU. These are the fields in which the Member States have decided that they wish to achieve common goals. EU law is supreme in areas which it legislates (areas which the EU does not legislate are for each nation to decide in themselves, still regarding any relevant European legislation).
Article 1 of the Treaty of the European Union (1992):
“By this Treaty, the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES establish among themselves a EUROPEAN UNION, hereafter called “the Union” on which the Member States confer competences to attain objectives they have in common. This Treaty marks a new states in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizens. The Union shall be founded on the present Treaty and the Treaty and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as “the Treaties”). Those two Treaties shall have the same legal value. The Union shall replace and succeed the European Community.”
The EU doesn't simply function between the states. Rather than international law, EU Law is supranational law, because it is situated above the national law. The EU can also act as a legislator in those fields where the Member States have given up competences to the EU. These are the fields in which the Member States have decided that they wish to achieve common goals. EU law is supreme in areas which it legislates (areas which the EU does not legislate are for each nation to decide in themselves, still regarding any relevant European legislation).