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More EU decisions by qualified majority voting - but how? Legal and political options for extending qualified majority voting
Mehr EU-Mehrheitsentscheidungen - aber wie? Rechtliche und politische Möglichkeiten zur Ausweitung des Mehrheitsprinzips
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Abstract
In the debate on how to strengthen the European Union's (EU) capacity to act, calls for an extension of qualified majority voting (QMV) are growing louder. The Council of the EU is currently discussing using the so-called passerelle clauses in the Treaty on European Union (TEU). With these clauses, ... view more
In the debate on how to strengthen the European Union's (EU) capacity to act, calls for an extension of qualified majority voting (QMV) are growing louder. The Council of the EU is currently discussing using the so-called passerelle clauses in the Treaty on European Union (TEU). With these clauses, more decisions by QMV could be introduced without a major treaty change or a convention. However, abolishing national vetoes in this way would first require unanimity as well as, in some cases, additional national approval procedures. Such unanimity is currently not in sight, as resistance is prevailing in smaller and medium-sized member states, which fear that they could be regularly outvoted. What is needed, therefore, is an institutional reform package in which decisions by QMV are extended with the aim of facilitating further enlargement of the EU and are accompanied by emergency clauses to protect core national interests. (author's abstract)... view less
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European Politics
Free Keywords
Europäische Union; EU-/EG-Länder; Wahl/Abstimmung; Wahlverfahren/Abstimmungsverfahren; Mehrheitsprinzip; Mehrheitswahl; Entscheidungskompetenzen; Entscheidungskompetenzen internationalen Akteurs; Entscheidungsprozess bei internationalem Akteur; Entscheidungsverfahren bei internationalem Akteur; Politische Reformen
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
8 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 61/2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18449/2022C61
ISSN
2747-5107
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications