German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called for eliminating the European Union’s unanimous vote principle in the areas of foreign and security policy and replacing it with the majority vote principle seen in democracies.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called for eliminating the European Union’s unanimous vote principle in the areas of foreign and security policy and replacing it with the majority vote principle seen in democracies.
I can see good arguments on both sides. On one hand, the current mechanic hands every member state a veto on everything. On the other, if too many members get dragged into domestically unpopular adventures by a foreign majority, other countries will withdraw, either formally or by simply refusing to participate in Brussels.
Then again, given that one of the
Heritage Foundation’s(ahem) “Trump Administration’s” stated goals is to dismantle the EU, perhaps Merz’s government are simply useful idiotsAs a European federalist I can assure you that we need to get rid off the veto. The USA became the United States in the one moment they dropped the veto.
After Brexit no European nation that wants to keep their sovereignty will leave the union. I can highly recommend reading Timothy Snyders „The Road to Unfreedom“ on that topic: The EU is a group of failed empires (FR, ES, IT, PT, DE etc.) and nation states that are too small to exist without being absorbed or controlled by larger empires (especially eastern Europe) if they don’t stay together.
Thus even if the EU becomes more integrated it will the lesser evil.
Not sure what you’re saying about US vetos