almost all EU policy areas in the council are now done using Qualified Majority Voting > 55% of member states vote in favour - in practice this means 16 out of

almost all EU policy areas in the council are now done using Qualified Majority Voting > 55% of member states vote in favour - in practice this means 16 out of 28 > the proposal is supported by member states representing at least 65% of the total EU population more details: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/voting-system/qualified-majority/ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/voting-system/... removing national vetos is the core idea behind the EU (replacing intergovernmentalism with supranationalism)