Originally Posted by
GUWonder
This thread title is misleading. There is not even an EU-wide agreement about something more basic like a unified air traffic control system or having the same standards about when to open and close air space, so forget about a unanimous EU-wide agreement about installing strip search machines at all airports in the EU.
You are actually incorrect on this point - leaving aside the use of the words "strip search", which is obviously incorrect in itself.
Whether or not the EU has a single air traffic control system (essentially a community-wide set of standards as opposed to the separate individual member states' rules today) is entirely unrelated to EU law and a framework that sets out common legal standards across the member states.
The former is in its infancy - Eurocontrol is a step in the right direction, but there is obviously a long way to go. The latter has existed for a long time in the EU.
I'm not entirely clear on why you even draw the comparison between the two - perhaps because they both relate to air travel?
Regardless, the European Commission
can set out standards such as this which can subsequently be adopted as a common legal framework for individual member states, who themselves have an obligation to structure their legislation so as not to be in conflict with the community's standards.
Is it an ideal, fully optimised system? No. But it certainly does exist and has done for years.