The European Parliament voted in favour of a bill to implement a number of reforms to the bloc’s treaties, including an almost absolute abolition of the principle of unanimity, in other words, member states’ veto power. The vote passed with a razor-thin majority of 291 votes in favour to 274…
  • @wieson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3•1 year ago
    • Remove the veto - I like it.
    • Put competencies (environmental protection) under the control of the union - can be good, hopefully
    • strengthen the influence of the commission - I don’t like it, the commission is less democratic than the parliament and was the organ with most of the bad ideas recently
    • make it easier to punish members for violations of rule of law and democracy - that again is a good thing