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2 days agoIf this is a compromise to get states on-board (so they can keep their national armies), I’d consider it a promising start.
Housemaids were hurrying homewards with their purchases for various Gallic breakfasts, and the long sticks of bread, a yard or two in length, carried under their arms, made an odd impression upon me.
– Louis Charles Elson (1898)


If this is a compromise to get states on-board (so they can keep their national armies), I’d consider it a promising start.
The EU already has qualified majority on some issues. Also this has nothing to do with veto, but postponing implementation of a regulation that already is agreed upon.
I’ll add to agree that I’d love to see more things to require qualified majority instead of unanimity.