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Serious moves towards qualified majority voting in the Common Foreign and Security Policy and a federal EU!

On November 22nd the EU Parliament adopted a report that seeks to amend the treaties of the EU, abolishing member states’ veto rights, and giving more power to EU institutions. The resolution was accepted by 291 votes, with 274 MEPs voting against it, and 44 abstaining. The vote itself shows how divisive the issue is, and member states don’t seem keen on change either.  Among other measures, it…

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EU Continues to Reduce the Authority of the State

There are significant changes coming, to the way the EU conducts its decision making business.

Firstly the qualified majority voting (QMV) mechanism is changing.

Currently decisions are made by QMV as defined in the Treaty of Nice as follows:

Majority of countries: 50% + one, if proposal made by the Commission; or else at least two-thirds (66.67%), and

Majority of voting weights: 74%, and

Majori…

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