Small fry in the new EU superstate

I AM aghast that any state other than a 1930s-style Soviet Union could propose a constitution like that of the EU.

Until now, the EU has been an association of states, deriving its authority from international treaties. Henceforth, it will be a state in its own right, drawing legitimacy from the constitution. “This constitution“, says Article I-5 “shall have primacy over the laws of the member states.”

Article I-6 gives the EU legal personality and an independent corporate existence separate from its members, allowing it to be treated as a state under international law.