Instead of full agreement, decisions could be made with a qualified majority in tax policy, social policy or foreign policy.
The European Commission wants to abolish the EU vetoes, instead of full agreement, decisions could be made with a qualified majority, the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office announced on his social media page.
In a video uploaded to his Facebook page, Csaba Dömötör said that although he did not receive much attention, what the European Commission came up with was even more far-reaching: they want to abolish unanimity in EU decision-making.
The state secretary warned that this means that decisions could be made with a qualified majority instead of full agreement.
Areas are also marked - he continued - where this would be enforced: in tax policy, social policy or foreign policy.
"This is a serious proposal, because in Brussels they would decide that the corporate tax should not be 9 percent, but higher"
– Csaba Dömötör mentioned an example.
"But they could even decide in Brussels what our position should be on the issue of war"
he added.
He reminded that they had already seen an example of a similar procedure, for example in the matter of settlement quotas. "Even though we protested there, they accepted it. They want to institutionalize this," he said.
Csaba Dömötör emphasized that they want to gradually take decision-making rights out of the hands of the member states, which he called "stealth legislation".
He noted that the current proposal goes even further: they would permanently take away the right to make decisions in quite a few areas.
MTI
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