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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 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]
All changes to the above treaties are made by article 11-19 in part two of the accession treaty. Beside of revising voting weights and the number of member state representatives at all European institutions, the most notable change outlined how Qualified Majority Voting shall be handled in the Council of the European Union. As from 1 November ...
While the centre, liberal and Socialist parties were set to retain a majority in the 720-seat parliament, the vote dealt a domestic blow to the leaders of both France and Germany, raising ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Changes to this Title could be made by a decision of the European Council subject to it being ratified by all member states. The Constitution also proposed a general 'passerelle clause' (Article IV-444) with which the European Council could agree to: move from unanimity voting to qualified majority voting, or