The head of the German government suggests that some issues be decided by a qualified majority, and no longer unanimity.
The reform of the European Union should provide for the possibility of adopting a large number of decisions in the EU Council no longer unanimously, but by a qualified majority. This was announced on Tuesday, May 9, by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg with a report on a series of debates with the participation of European leaders This is Europe.
“We need to make more council decisions by a qualified majority on international and tax policy,” emphasized the head of the German government.
MEPs welcomed this proposal with applause.
“I want to say to the skeptics that neither unanimity nor 100% approval of all decisions creates the most possible democratic legitimacy. On the contrary, it is the search and struggle for the majority of alliances that characterize to us as democracies,” explained the politician.
He added that finding compromises, taking into account the interests of the minority, “exactly corresponds to our concept of liberal democracy.”
The European Commission considers the unilateral trade decisions of Poland and Hungary, which banned the import of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products, unacceptable.
Source: korrespondent
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