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Charles Hawtrey schrieb:

I know enough about American history to know that wether the States are
or should be a confederation rather then a federation is still a matter
of controversy.

Huh??? The only context in which this makes any sense is if you're
referring to the extent to which states can make their own laws,
subsidiary to federal laws.

In the mean time the EU is working on a constitution that is not bereft
of controverse either...

Indeed. It will be -- ah, interesting -- to see how it works out.

Yes. However, the European Court in Luxemburg decided that following
already existing European treaties Member States shall not make
international ttreties concerning air transportation:

http://europa.eu.int/servlet/portail/RenderServlet?search=DocNumber&lg=en&nb_docs=25&do main=Caselaw&in_force=NO&type_doc=CaseLaw&an_doc=1 998&nu_doc=471

http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&n umdoc=61998J0471&model=guichett

Regards & X-post, ULF