Twelve countries have already backed the initiative, with repeated obstruction by Viktor Orbán's Hungary increasingly fuelling calls for reform. #EuropeNews
the power of veto seems weird, surely a super majority to let countries in or kick them out (75%) and a majority to pass laws.
the small states have the same say as big states is a problem at the national level as well, its an anachronistic hang over I mean its more beneficial for a tiny nation to be in the EU then out… Switzerland taking the piss is another problem :)
Unfortunately the principle of degressive proportionality of votes per country to population of country is enshrined in EU law. It’s free to interpret that principle as it wishes but it can’t do away with it. My favourite proposal got axed in the 2010s: it would have given citizens two votes, one for a national list and one for a transnational list - I think the idea was that 75% of seats would be filled by winners of national lists and 25% by those of transnational lists. Unfortunately it died along with many other proposed reforms.
the power of veto seems weird, surely a super majority to let countries in or kick them out (75%) and a majority to pass laws.
the small states have the same say as big states is a problem at the national level as well, its an anachronistic hang over I mean its more beneficial for a tiny nation to be in the EU then out… Switzerland taking the piss is another problem :)
Unfortunately the principle of degressive proportionality of votes per country to population of country is enshrined in EU law. It’s free to interpret that principle as it wishes but it can’t do away with it. My favourite proposal got axed in the 2010s: it would have given citizens two votes, one for a national list and one for a transnational list - I think the idea was that 75% of seats would be filled by winners of national lists and 25% by those of transnational lists. Unfortunately it died along with many other proposed reforms.