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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13188

26 May 2023
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 36
INSTITUTIONAL / Future of eu
MEPs advocate gradual extension of qualified majority voting by Member States in EU Council
Brussels, 25/05/2023 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 24 May, the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) came out in favour of making use of the ‘passerelle’ clause in the existing European Treaty, which allow EU Member States to decide unanimously to take decisions by qualified majority voting on certain legislative dossiers in the future.

In particular, MEPs envisage a timetable for gradually extending the areas in which decisions by the Council of the EU would be taken by a qualified majority of...

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Russian invasion of Ukraine
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COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
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