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European Parliament votes to abolish member states’ veto | Cyprus Mail (cyprus-mail.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Agree that's a stupid system, but 60 out of 100 senators can still vote to override it, right?

In the EU, on votes that aren't subject to QMV, 26 out of 27 member states can fervently agree with something but still do nothing about a veto by the 27th state, whose veto can often have nothing to do with the question at hand and be more about domestic political posturing or some other such nonsense.