impact of the European Union on British Politics

what is multilevel governance?

A system of decision making in which subnational, national and supranational institutions all have policy competences

what do eurosceptics usually argue about the impact of the EU on UK parliamentary sovereignty?

that EU membership means a loss of sovereignty because EU law has some primacy and prioritisation over national law and the EU as exclusive competence in some policy areas

which act gave EU law supremacy?

the European Communities Act 1972 gave future EU law legal force in the UK and denied effectiveness to national legislation which conflicts with it

example of EU law and natinoal Law conflict

1990 Factortame Case

the Lords ruled that the Merchant Shipping At 1998 passed by the UK parliament breached EU law as it required UK registered ships to have a majority of British owners

so parliament was forced to unmake the law

how does overturning UK laws undermine parliamentary sovereignty?

because it showed that laws made by parliament can be overturned by another authority

YES BUT point considering the undermining of parliamentary sovereignty

did not render parliament sovereignty meaningless because parliament retained ultimate legislative authority and could repeal the European Communities Act 1972

( was repealed in 2018 with the EU withdrawal Act)

how has Brexit made way for