Europe's Hidden Legal Architects, with Tommaso Pavone

Scope Conditions Podcast by Alan Jacobs and Yang-Yang Zhou

Apr 10, 202286:49Government & Organizations

Today on Scope Conditions, we’re talking about the origins of supranational power. The European Union has no army. It levies no taxes. Covering a population of 450 million, its administrative bureaucracy is on par with t...

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