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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 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 ...
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
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 Commission is reestablished every five years. Individual members of the incoming Commission are nominated by national governments and the proposed Commission is approved jointly and severally by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. [17] If Parliament passes a vote of censure, the Commission must resign. [18]
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 ...
European Union law is a system of rules operating within the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). It has grown over time since the 1952 founding of the European Coal and Steel Community , to promote peace, social justice, a social market economy with full employment , and environmental protection.