nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230327-195255-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230327s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230327-195255-0 doi eng 342 23 Solanke, Iyiola Author aut The Quality of Sovereignty Solanke, Iyiola Verfassungsblog 2023-03-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier It can generally be agreed that the purpose of sovereignty is to enable a government to protect the best interests of its citizens. To what extent did UK membership of the EU preclude this? In the context of the EU, the discussion on sovereignty tends to focus on quantity – the greater the scope of action of the EU and its institutions, the lower the sovereignty of the member states. From this perspective, sovereignty is a zero-sum affair – less means less. However, sovereignty can also be assessed from a qualitative perspective, with a focus on its quality, or character, rather than its scope. CC BY-SA 4.0 European Union Judicial Sovereignty Parliamentary Sovereignty sovereignty United Kingdom Zambrano Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-quality-of-sovereignty/ raw object