German Foreign Minister Highlights EU Unanimity Rule Risks

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Speaking in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called for the EU's unanimity principle to be scrapped. Instead, a "qualified majority" should suffice, he said at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on Wednesday. The move would effectively abolish the veto right that currently allows any one of the 27 member states to block major decisions, making consensus "significantly" easier. However, unanimity, Wadephul said, would continue to be th…

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German Foreign Minister Johann Vadeful proposed to reform the EU, in particular by abandoning the principle of unanimous decision-making by all EU member countries.

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The EU must be more sustainable and able to act.

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The German Minister of Foreign Affairs Johann Wadeful advocated today for radical reforms of the European Union and requested that the principle of consensus when making decisions in foreign policy and security issues be replaced by the majority and that the system of gradual integration of candidate countries into the Union be adopted.