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Weapons to Ukraine: Hungary Furious at EU for Breaking Rules

Zoltán Kottász June 24, 2024

The EU has agreed to use the profits of frozen Russian assets for buying weapons but is doing so without Hungary’s consent.

Belgium Wants EU To Strip Hungary of Voting Rights

Tamás Orbán June 3, 2024

Foreign Affairs Minister pushes for ‘nuclear option’ against the conservative country before it takes over EU Presidency

German Foreign Minister Aims To Abolish Veto in EU Council Ahead of Enlargement

Tamás Orbán May 2, 2024

What Baerbock is advocating in the name of freedom and democracy would be the single biggest shift away from true democratic principles in the history of EU reforms.

Eurofederalist Lobby Projects Propaganda onto Commission HQ

Tamás Orbán January 31, 2024

The EU-funded group used scaremongering over Russia to further its power-grabbing agenda, implicitly targeting member states’ sovereignty.

EU Plans To Get Around Own Rules To Fund Ukraine

Zoltán Kottász December 27, 2023

‘Plan B’ would allow other member states to circumvent Hungary’s veto.

Western Europe Pushes To Abolish EU Veto Rights

Tamás Orbán November 2, 2023

Foreign ministers meeting in Berlin could also be open to a more à la carte-type of integration before Ukraine and others join the bloc.

Foreign Policy Veto Power on the Chopping Block

Tamás Orbán June 12, 2023

It was always hard to pursue national interests with respect to common EU foreign policy. Some countries would like to make it impossible.

Member States Push for Dropping Unanimity in EU Foreign Policy

Tamás Orbán May 5, 2023

Replacing unanimity with qualified majority voting would only benefit Western Europe, leaving smaller member states without the ability to protest the potential rise of a centralized EU super army.

Former EU Commissioner: Only 14 Votes Needed to Change Treaties

Robert Semonsen May 13, 2022

Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, an Italian diplomat who formerly served as a European Commissioner, has argued that—contrary to popular belief—in order to revise the European Union’s system of treaties, just 14 of the 27 European Union member states, a simple majority, would need to support the initiative.

EU: The End of the Unanimity Rule?

Hélène de Lauzun May 11, 2022

The debate comes at a particularly sensitive time, when the question of applying new sanctions against Russia is coming up against the objections of three European states, including Hungary. The proposal to generalise qualified majority voting is far from unanimous among European states.

Tag: unanimity rule

Weapons to Ukraine: Hungary Furious at EU for Breaking Rules

Belgium Wants EU To Strip Hungary of Voting Rights

German Foreign Minister Aims To Abolish Veto in EU Council Ahead of Enlargement

Eurofederalist Lobby Projects Propaganda onto Commission HQ

EU Plans To Get Around Own Rules To Fund Ukraine

Western Europe Pushes To Abolish EU Veto Rights

Foreign Policy Veto Power on the Chopping Block

Member States Push for Dropping Unanimity in EU Foreign Policy

Former EU Commissioner: Only 14 Votes Needed to Change Treaties

EU: The End of the Unanimity Rule?

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