Qualified Majority Voting

British

noun

QMV. a voting system, used by the EU Council of Ministers, enabling certain resolutions to be passed without unanimity

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One aim was to see qualified majority voting at the European Council expanded.

From Reuters

“We need a serious debate on ways to manage dissent, including qualified majority voting.”

From Reuters

The EU also wants to bolster its sanctions system related to cyber incidents, with a proposal for countries to agree on sanctions by qualified majority voting rather than unanimity.

From Washington Times

“We need to move to qualified majority voting on specific issues, human rights, sanctions.”

From Reuters

“When member states say Europe is too slow, I say to them be courageous and finally move to qualified majority voting,” she said, referring to blockages over finding unanimity among the EU’s 27 states.

From Reuters

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