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> Europe’s biggest problem, I think, is its lost mojo. Europe's biggest problem is that every decision can be vetoed by one of the member states. Which in prac

by amelius 20d ago

> Europe’s biggest problem, I think, is its lost mojo. Europe's biggest problem is that every decision can be vetoed by one of the member states. Which in practice means that the EU has very little power.

mitxela 20d ago
No, not every decision made in Europe can be vetoed by any EU member state. Only EU decisions can be vetoed by EU member states.
- amelius 20d ago
  This was implicit :(
  - mitxela 20d ago
    Not really! People think everything is about the EU, but that's like an American thinking everything is a UN decision.
rich_sasha 20d ago
It’s effectively the same as what I mean - or a part of it. You fix this with either better "alignment” (ugh!) ie conviction of going in a particular direction, leading to a consensus. Or in turn, a conviction that the veto is bad and needs to be curbed for the overall benefit of everyone.
mike_hearn 20d ago
That's not been true for a long time. About 80% of EU laws are passed by qualified majority voting.