| That means that it should be federal or confederal, and the component units should have independent taxing and spending authority. |
| Others are confederal or consociational, explicitly preserving in legal form some social identities within themselves. |
| France and the UK want a confederal Europe, with states retaining power and Europe run by the Council of Europe, made up of the Prime Ministers of the member states. |
| This may be accomplished through various ways in a unitary State or in federal and confederal systems. |
| Some would say loose-knit states, such as Canada or Switzerland, mostly confederal in character. |
| The Transnistrian stance did not change much from the previous position favoring a confederal approach. |
