Look back to December 2, 1823, when President James Monroe sent his message to Congress, his State of the Union, warning powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
We persuaded our partners that the charter of fundamental rights should list the rights of Europe's citizens but not extend the powers of the Union.
Their curricula are rigidly laid down by state governments, and schools are among the last bastions of union influence in Australia: headteachers have few powers of discipline.
In one respect, this would be a shame: the new voting arrangements make sense, as does the idea of giving the Union a fundamental charter outlining its powers, in place of the current hotch-potch of treaties.
The republics' legislative regulation of ownership of land...and other natural resources must not impede the implementation of the Union's powers.
But although he was in favour of repatriating powers from the European Union, he conceded that there was "no immediate prospect" of rebalancing power between the UK and the EU, he told the Andrew Marr Show.
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Or to put it another way, unless a country like France is prepared to make a much greater sacrifice (for the good of the currency union) of its own government's budget-making powers than it currently seems prepared to do, it is quite hard to paint a rosy picture for the eurozone.
The State of the Union addressed comes as the European Parliament has increased powers since the passing of the Lisbon Treaty.
What should be the division of powers between the Union, its constituent countries and European regions?
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The powers of the Union cannot be changed without the consent of all republics.
The crisis is intensifying calls for the establishment of some sort of banking union, with centralised powers and funding to regulate and supervise banks as well as to recapitalise ailing ones and to insure retail deposits.
And it does not use hot fusion, the union of hydrogen atoms into larger elements that powers the sun and stars.
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Europe's nation-states are being challenged from above, by the growing powers of the supranational European Union, but also from below, by increasingly assertive regions.
Farmers' Union of Wales legal director Barrie Jones said police had some powers under the 1994 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act.
Ahead of Mr Cameron's speech, a group of Conservative backbench MPs has published a report, welcomed by the foreign secretary, calling for a substantial return of powers to the UK from the European Union.
Solana later teamed up with European union negotiator Carl Bildt as part of a fresh attempt by major powers to bring a negotiated settlement to the Balkan war.
Poles narrowly approved a new constitution that strengthens the powers of parliament and helps prepare Poland for membership of the European Union, but less than half the electorate turned out.
Lib Dem Business Secretary Vince Cable said the coalition had already spent time debating a referendum and had brought forward legislation guaranteeing a referendum in the event of a significant shift in powers from the UK to Brussels in the European Union Bill.
Mr Rennie said he was hoping to reach agreement with Scotland's other pro-union parties - Labour and the Conservatives - on increased powers for Holyrood, in the event of a "no" vote in the referendum.
Or to repeat what you already know, the more that eurozone members pool their powers and sovereignty in the hope of finding a lasting solution to the currency union's crisis, the more that the UK becomes defined in their eyes - and those of other nations - as in the outer circle of EU influence.
He has formidable intellectual powers: possessor of a first-class degree, ex-president of the Oxford Union, and an ex-consultant with McKinsey.
Although the SNP has controlled the Scottish Parliament since 2011, only about a third of Scots favour breaking with the union (see chart), though most would like to see more powers shift from London to Edinburgh.
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Think of it - a serving British prime minister has promised an in out referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, opening the door to Britain taking powers back from Brussels or leaving the European Union altogether.
The government's European Union Bill forces a national referendum on any EU treaty changes deemed by ministers to be a "significant" transfer of powers.
He resisted calls to use emergency powers to take over the running of the airline, used no government money and made a tempestuous union face reality.
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