This comes into play when a person has lost the mental capacity to decide for themselves what is the best way to live their life...
Someone else is given the authority to act for them...
Well it seems that this 'power of attorney' has now been applied to a whole nation which doesn't have a clue what to do!
Finland to decide how Britain votes on EU laws
"Finland will decide how Britain votes on new EU laws and regulations, thanks to Boris Johnson's decision to pull British diplomats out of meetings in Brussels early.
The prime minister announced earlier this month that the UK would stop participating in EU meetings, in an attempt to signal to Brexiteers that it was serious about leaving the bloc at the end of October.
But the decision leaves the UK government with a reduced over new EU legislation, which will affect the UK for some time to come.
Because the UK is still entitled to a vote, the decision on how it should be cast will be delegated by power of attorney to Finland, which is the current rotating chair of the EU Council.
Under the arrangement, the UK's votes will be used "in a way that does not prevent the EU from moving ahead", according to a letter from UK officials to other European diplomats. An alternative approach of simply having the UK abstain would have been potentially disruptive to the balance of power on the EU council."
So what was that about them needing us more than us needing them?
Someone else is given the authority to act for them...
Well it seems that this 'power of attorney' has now been applied to a whole nation which doesn't have a clue what to do!
Finland to decide how Britain votes on EU laws
"Finland will decide how Britain votes on new EU laws and regulations, thanks to Boris Johnson's decision to pull British diplomats out of meetings in Brussels early.
The prime minister announced earlier this month that the UK would stop participating in EU meetings, in an attempt to signal to Brexiteers that it was serious about leaving the bloc at the end of October.
But the decision leaves the UK government with a reduced over new EU legislation, which will affect the UK for some time to come.
Because the UK is still entitled to a vote, the decision on how it should be cast will be delegated by power of attorney to Finland, which is the current rotating chair of the EU Council.
Under the arrangement, the UK's votes will be used "in a way that does not prevent the EU from moving ahead", according to a letter from UK officials to other European diplomats. An alternative approach of simply having the UK abstain would have been potentially disruptive to the balance of power on the EU council."
So what was that about them needing us more than us needing them?
