Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Politics - International Politics - General and Theories, grade: 9,00/10,00, The Hague University (School for Higher European Studies), language: English, abstract: How independent are member states of the European Union and what say do they have?
Many fears about the state's role are present nowadays. Fears that the nation-state will slowly lose its sovereignty within a more and more interconnected world. Fears that these trends will have serious impacts on the effectiveness of a nation-state's government and finally raising the question about the actual value of a nation-state in times of great internationalization.