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A new balance of power in the Council? Yes, but not yet… CEPS Commentary, 19 December 2014

Piedrafita, Sonia (2014) A new balance of power in the Council? Yes, but not yet… CEPS Commentary, 19 December 2014. [Policy Paper]

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    Abstract

    On the 1st of November, the double majority system established by the Lisbon Treaty for qualified majority voting (QMV) in the Council entered into force. The shift in the balance of power, however, will not be effective before April 2017, given the possibility for member states to invoke the Nice rules until that date. While acknowledging that the new voting system in the Council promises to do away with the difficult negotiations of the past among member states to reallocate voting weights, this commentary finds that it is questionable whether it will achieve its ultimate aim to substantially improve democratic legitimacy and efficiency.

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    Item Type: Policy Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments > Council of Ministers
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
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    Series: Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > CEPS Commentaries
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 23 Dec 2014 11:51
    Number of Pages: 3
    Last Modified: 23 Dec 2014 11:51
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/58720

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