to conclude agreements among themselves enabling them to move forward in the field of judicial and police cooperation.

This kind of intergovernmental system resulted in more committees than enforceable rules. It turned out to be so inefficient in taking decisions that its supporters decided to integrate it into the Community under the umbrella of the European Union. The agreements, which had not been ratified by national parliaments, were transformed into directives or community regulations that could now finally be enforced. The price paid for the firm establishment of Schengen within the European Union was the creation of a small group of rear guard countries (UK, Ireland, Denmark).

III. The rear guard and the Constitution

The concept of a rear guard is nothing new. The Treaties of Maastricht for EMU and Amsterdamfavor making changes. I think one of the biggest ones would probably be when they made the decision not to bring Catelyn Stark back as Lady Stoneheart. That was probably the first major diversion of the show from the books and, you know, I argued against that, and David and Dan made that decision.


And now, here he is most recently in an interview with Esquire China (translated by CNET), playing the “oh well I have big plans for her” card:

In the book, characters can be resurrected. After Catelyn is resurrected as Lady Stoneheart, she becomes a vengeful, heartless killer. In the sixth book, I still continue to write her. She is an important character in the set of books. [Keeping her character] is the change I most wish