The Necessity of Revising the Decision Making Process in the European Union
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https://doi.org/10.63331/upalaw/32/17Keywords:
European Union qualified majority, Council, decision making process, voting processAbstract
The debates on the importance of the qualified majority in the Council is constant for the last fifty years. The European Union ability to act depends a lot on the qualified majority voting in this institution. However, the particular interests of national governments push them to block important decisions for the European Union. Although, with each treaty amendment so far, the areas application of unanimity in the Council have been reduced and those of qualified majority voting expanded. Still, the European Union needs new amendments in order to become more dynamic in decision making process and more flexible to overcome difficulties in the current regional and international contexts.
In this article we analyze the evolution of the decision making process in the European Union and try to explain the reasons in favor of the needed reform to extend the application of the qualified majority voting in the Council.
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