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Proposal could marginalise small EU member states and new authority could get binding powers. Some of the EU's smaller member states are concerned that upcoming proposals...

Commission moves to simplify decision-making processes and to provide funding. The European Commission today moved to enhance the supervisory framework within which...

A report from the Finnish presidency of the EU has urged member states to take more foreign policy decisions based on qualified majority voting (QMV). The report, assessing...

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THE integration of Europe was taken to a deeper level with the adoption of a constitution for the European Union at the Brussels summit last week. The constitutional...

A DEAL is on the cards for a new system for voting in the Council of Ministers. The proposal, which has emerged after a final round of negotiations on the European...

THE launch of the EU's first agency dedicated to boosting armaments cooperation risks being delayed by a row between the three largest member states over how much flexibility...

GERMAN Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has insisted that a strong charter on citizens' rights is necessary to offer assurances that the fight against terrorism does not...

IT MAY not exactly be the sexiest of subjects, but a trendy communications company is doing its best to sell the idea of EU qualified majority voting (QMV) – in the UK, of...

There seems to be a unanimous belief among European journalists and think-tanks, which is often heard in European Voice as well, that qualified majority voting (QMV) in the...

Dear MemberTODAY, 12 June, you meet in plenary session, perhaps for the last time. The eyes of all those concerned for Europe's future will be upon you. The Convention has...

PASCAL Lamy, the trade commissioner, told MEPs this week that it would take a “miracle” for the European Union to hand over its hard-won exemption for culture in global...

EU LEADERS achieved only limited success in their attempts to extend qualified majority voting, agreeing to scrap national vetoes in 30 of out 50 possible new areas ranging...

THE European Commission says trade in services worth trillions of euro a year is the key to the future of the world economy. But with so much at stake, the institution is...

HEADS of state and government discussed progress in the Intergovernmental Conference on EU treaty reform and renewed their commitment to reach an agreement on measures to...

FRANCE is fighting to keep its national veto in more Union policy areas than any other member state except Spain, despite President Jacques Chirac's repeated calls for...

MEPS furious at being sidelined in the ongoing talks on EU treaty reform are threatening to block enlargement unless the European Parliament is given stronger decision-making...

THE French presidency has drawn up a new list of EU policy areas where decisions could be taken by qualified majority vote, calling for the abolition of national vetoes in 43...

This month's meeting of Union leaders in Feira will assess the advances made by Lisbon during its stint in charge of EU business on crucial topics such as the...

EU GOVERNMENTS have so far only agreed to abolish national vetoes in three minor areas, underlining the depth of the split between member states over plans to extend...