The notorious Luxembourg Compromise

Europe must curb abusive national vetoes. Time to tweak the notorious Luxembourg Compromise 

Some say it does not exist anymore, others that it never really did; Eurocrats speak of it in hushed tones, as if mindful not to wake a monster. 

The Luxembourg Compromise holds that any national government can single-handedly derail any eu measure if it feels its “vital interests” are threatened. 

The measure was crafted in 1966 to assuage Charles de Gaulle

The compromise is rarely seen in the wild; if anything its use is obliquely threatened behind closed doors.

Yet other such vetoes abound in Brussels. Most eu business now is agreed by a qualified majority of countries. But in several policy areas unanimity among member states is still needed. This includes anything relating to defence and foreign policy, enlargement, taxation and policing

On September 20th a meeting of the bloc’s Europe ministers looked at ways to veto-proof more of the eu’s business by increasing the use of qualified-majority votes. But because the proposal to move away from unanimity itself requires unanimity, it is unlikely to go anywhere.

As with the original compromise, there is no need to codify the Reverse Luxembourg in any treaty.

The Economist 22 September 2022

https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/09/22/to-prevent-diplomatic-shakedowns-europe-must-curb-abusive-national-vetoes


Nu åker ett antal regeringschefer hem och säger dels att de är stolta över vad de kommit överens om, dels att det är EUs fel. 

Att ett antal regeringschefer kommer överens om något gör det inte till ett EU-beslut även om det har fattats i en lokal smyckad med EU-flaggor.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2016/03/migrantoverenskommelsen-var-inget-eu.html


http://www.nejtillemu.com/konvent.htm#qmv


QMV Qualified Majority Voting

The procedures for voting in the Council of the European Union are described in the treaties of the European Union. The Council of the European Union (or simply "Council" or "Council of Ministers") has had its voting procedure amended by subsequent treaties and currently operates on the system set forth in the Treaty of Lisbon. The system is known as qualified majority voting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_European_Union#Treaty_of_Lisbon


It is politically impossible to propose that now. But some day there will be a crisis and new instruments will be created."

Romano Prodi, EU Commission President. Financial Times, 4 December 2001

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2022/09/eu-prepares-to-reform-its-fiscal-rules.html



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