alt Hacker NewsInteresting situation. EU is asking countries to give up their right to veto foreign policy decisions. Any country can veto this proposal.
Hmmm, what would I do if giving up the right to veto hinged on my veto power?
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euroderf • last Monday at 7:34 PM
Then you would have the United States Senate.
fifilura • last Monday at 8:36 PM
> what would I do if giving up the right to veto hinged on my veto power?
Was that a rhetoric question? Of course it is a leap of faith. But the idea is that it will make the union as a whole stronger, and then maybe even giving up your veto right would make it worthwhile.
> EU is asking countries to give up their right to veto foreign policy decisions. Any country can veto this proposal.
Hopefully it well be vetoed by more than one. There is no realistic alternative to veto in the situation the EU is in. It could be an option later on, they have to be patient, now is the worst time to move towards coercive powers.
Especially under such a nonsensical pretext:
>> Von der Leyen uses Orbán defeat to push for end of veto in EU foreign policy
Orban was defeated, democracy worked, veto power is no longer under the threat of abuse, if it ever was. A lot of other issues could be improved in the EU, do that instead of fixing what's not broken.