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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12158

13 December 2018
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Foreign affairs
European Parliament calls for end of unanimity for foreign policy decisions
Brussels, 12/12/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 12 December, the Parliament supported the European Commission President's proposal to move to qualified majority voting in certain areas of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). 

Qualified majority voting would enable the Union to act more resolutely, quickly and effectively”, justifies the report by David McAllister (EPP, Germany) that Parliament adopted (401 votes in favour, 173 against and 73 abstentions). 

In view of Brexit, MEPs believe that “creative...

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