Supranationalism's a method of decision-making in multi-national political communities, wherein power's transferred to an authority broader than governments of member states. Because decisions in some supranational structures are taken by majority votes, it's possible for a member-state in those unions to be forced by the other member-states to implement a decision. Unlike in a federal supra-state, member states retain nominal sovereignty, although some sovereignty's shared with, or ceded to, t… (More on Supranationalism)