Governments can veto decisions on foreign affairs, enlargement and budget. But this also makes enacting sanctions against countries like Russia or Israel harder to approve.
Governments can veto decisions on foreign affairs, enlargement and budget. But this also makes enacting sanctions against countries like Russia or Israel harder to approve.
Okay, but would that also mean Germany can’t veto more debt?
Despite Hungary abusing the veto, other players also like it.
It’s all a matter of perspective—both unanimous and majority voting have their pros and cons. Some countries will lose their privileges, while others will gain theirs.
It will mostly mean that the EU can act in ways that is not beneficial to singular member states, and the importance of member states would suffer in comparison to union decisionmaking.
I am all for it, I just wanted to point out it wasn’t Hungary who joined in 2004 who established the rules, and member states could do away with the veto at any point in time, it’s just other countries like it as well.
None are abusing it as much as Hungary though.