Bear in mind that European Directives are LAW. They are not directly enforceable in any European country. But all countries are obliged by treaty to enact all Directives into law.

I imagine, however, that the mandarins are fallible, and the national law *could* still be at odds with the directive. The judges presumably are responsible for recognising that.

However, when I wrote my previous post, I didn't realise that there were also EU regulations that *do* usurp national law. I truly didn't think we'd given away *that* much power to Brussels!

Info from here.

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