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Article 148 of the EEC Treaty, specifying the qualified majority voting system of the Council, was amended by Article 8 of the Accession Treaty regulating the enlargement of the community by Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. [12] Acts of the Council now required for their adoption: 41 votes (if the act was proposed by the Commission), or
The European Parliament is one of the EU's three main political institutions, along with the European Council, which represents national governments of the 27 member states, and the European ...
The Council of the European Union uses 'Qualified majority voting' for the majority of issues brought before the institution. However, for matters of extreme importance for individual member states, unanimous voting is implemented. [21]
The Treaty also provides for the Passerelle Clause which allows the European Council to unanimously decide to replace unanimous voting in the Council of Ministers with qualified majority voting in specified areas with the previous consent of the European Parliament, and move from a special legislative procedure to the ordinary legislative ...
More day-to-day decisions in the Council of Ministers would be to be taken by qualified majority voting, requiring a 55% majority of members of the Council representing a 65% majority of citizens. (The 55% is raised to 72% when the Council acts on its own initiative rather than on a legislative proposal from the Commission or the Union Minister ...
European Union leaders are set to start bargaining over top EU institution jobs after the European Parliament election concluded on Sunday with gains for the centre-right and far-right. EUROPEAN ...
European political affiliation of the current members of the European Council. The European Council (informally EUCO) is a collegiate body that defines the overall political direction and priorities of the European Union. [1] Established as an informal summit in 1975, the European Council was formalised as an institution in 2009 upon the ...
The next European Parliament will have more hard-right members than ever before, occupying close to a quarter of the 720 seats. The loose centrist coalition that has controlled the European Union ...