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Wow. The EU requires unanimous approval. The Europeans looks at the US’ Articles of Confederation and said, “we can make that work.” They need a rogue group of
by virmundi 7y ago
Wow. The EU requires unanimous approval. The Europeans looks at the US’ Articles of Confederation and said, “we can make that work.” They need a rogue group of reformers that create a new system of government, illegally, like the US’ Federalists. Only then will the EU get its shit together.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoOnly for matters considered critical and sensitive for member states - finance, EU membership, harmonisation of legislation etc. it's mostly a hold over from the days of an EEC with 6 or 9 members (ie, right back when UK and Ireland joined in 73), when unanimity worked much better than it can now. Obviously to step back from unanimity requires unanimous vote without use of veto. :) Most matters are done under qualified majority - which is a small super-majority based on population. A post-Brexit UK going full on offshore tax haven might encourage the EU to get their act together on finance, and come up with some ways to crack down. Well, one can hope...
- Mirioron 7y agoThe reason the EU's system is so similar is that the circumstances are similar. If you don't require unanimous approval on critical issues then why would smaller countries ever join with Germany, France, Italy, and the UK around?
- virmundi 7y agoIf you require unanimous agreement how can you ever prevent a bad actor from taking advantage of the system?
- oblio 7y agoHe he. The US Articles of Confederation had an European predecessor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberum_veto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberum_veto :-D