>> “...how a principle will work inside something that doesn’t exist doesn’t really make sense.”
Here is a page about “the principle of subsidiarity,” as applied to the ECU. FWIW. (No endorsement of the accuracy of this paper is implied)
Nevertheless the main problem still exists: the variety of interests due to the heterogeneity in Europe. With the enlargement this problem will increase. Therefore conflicts on the right application of the principle of subsidiarity will become more frequent. To encounter this a special body could be created, that assembles deputies from the European Parliament, the national parliament and in case of federal structure members of regional assemblies. Its task would be the settling of conflicts on competence.
http://www.constitutional-convention.net/bulletin/archives/000093.html
DG
You wrote:
“Here is a page about “the principle of subsidiarity,” as applied to the ECU. FWIW. (No endorsement of the accuracy of this paper is implied)”
No. That is an aticle about an entirely secularized understanding of subsidiarity. The Church has a much different understanding of EVERYTHING than the secular world’s.