CPO-3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Common Foreign And Security Policy, Supermajority, Amsterdam Treaty
6 Apr 2018
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Transparency and democracy, both treaties try to increase trans and dem, each treaty extended qmv and ep power, fixed flexibility , idea that more countries were getting concerned with multi speed process, spreading to more areas. Different countries wanted to go at different paces. This makes not voting not equal to a no; obtaining just lets the others vote. Problem w disproportionate system; needed the supermajority of qmv votes to win. And also need a supermajority of the population f the eu the pop was wrong in comparison: done in nice; when they moved to 27 countries. Eventually move every country to having one commissioner instead of two, gradually: need to have a simulatenously achieved 3 majorities; finish definition, only needed maj of qmv votes. And maj of country: third was optional at the request, smaller commission of a country. Amsterdam treaty did very little; nice treaty passed but.
