One of the main requests of the Conference on the Future of Europe, taken up by the European Parliament, is to move from unanimity to qualified majority voting by the Member States in the EU Council, particularly on tax matters (see EUROPE B12966A21).
At the beginning of July, the EU Council experts listed 67 legal bases for which a “passerelle” clause (Article 48(7) TEU) allowing this switch from unanimity to qualified majority voting could be used to adopt a legal act in the EU...