MEPs take up EU treaties: discuss elimination of veto in foreign and security policy
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The European Parliament has taken up a project to revise EU treaties. The majority of MEPs voted in favor of the proposal, which provides for the abolition of the veto in several dozen areas
The European Parliament in Strasbourg today will hold a debate on the draft revision of the EU treaties. EU. The majority of MEPs in the Constitutional Committee voted in favor of the proposal, which contains 267 amendments, including the abolition of the veto in several dozen areas. This was reported by UNN with reference to Polish Radio.
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Today's discussions and voting the next day in the European Parliament is the next step towards to changing the EU treaties. Currently, the proposal of the deputies of the main factions contains 267 amendments. Among them is the abolition of the veto right in the Council of in 65 areas, including foreign and security policy, as well as changes in the structure of the European security policy, as well as changes in the structure of the European Commission and expansion of the list of of joint and exclusive powers of the Union.
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The 110-page report was adopted in late October by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament. The report was authored by MEPs Guy Verhofstadt, Sven Simon, Gabriele Bischoff, Daniel Freund and Helmut Scholz, who represent five main factions - the Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, Liberals, Greens and Leftists. The vote in the European Parliament will take place tomorrow around noon
According to the security, defense, healthcare, border protection, foreign policy, industrial policy, civil defense, industry and education will be transferred to the joint competence of the Community and the Member States. In contrast, the Union will will remain in charge of the environment and biodiversity, as well as negotiations on climate change. climate change.
Changes in the rule of law and currency rule of law and currency
Proposals for
changes also include strengthening rules related to the rule of law. According to the
to the document, according to Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union, which currently applies to Poland
currently applies to Poland, the mere detection of a violation of the Union's values will almost
will almost automatically lead to sanctions. It is expected that the simplification of the procedure will
will make it possible to suspend the membership of countries that violate "EU values" such as
"rule of law", "democracy" or "human rights". Supporters of the reform
assure that the increase in the EU's powers in defense and
military policy will be able to guarantee the EU's security in the context of the war in Ukraine.
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