the veto has been vastly overstated and was all but removed by Lisbon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_European_Union#Policy_areas ht

the veto has been vastly overstated and was all but removed by Lisbon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_European_Union#Policy_areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_E... also: if it is used the other members use "enhanced co-operation" to bypass the veto, like they did in 2011 when Cameron used his https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/09/david-cameron-blocks-eu-treaty https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/09/david-cameron-...