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EU leaders approve Ukraine accession talks, bypassing Orbán (www.politico.eu)
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[–] jack55555@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

A majority rule will never happen. If it does, the west European countries will be in charge of the EU, which defeats the whole purpose of, you know, a union.

[–] Dmian@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

There are many ways to reach a majority. You can have a weighted majority, and agree that you need 3/4 of the votes to reach an agreement. So, those countries with more people have more voting power than many small countries. There are formulas, if you look for them.

[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Majority rule does not in any way defeat the purpose of a union, it strengthens it, but prevents one agenda, for one member, from cancelling out all the others