Eleven European Union countries are calling for an end to what they consider "obstructive" vetoes in European foreign policy. The signatory countries advocate that decisions in this area should no longer require unanimity and should instead be made by qualified majority.
The countries that signed this demand are Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Spain and Sweden. This group represents a significant portion of the bloc's member states.
The proposed change would mean that foreign policy decisions could be approved even if some countries opposed them, as long as a determined threshold of support among member states was reached. Currently, any country can block a decision in this area through the veto.
This initiative comes in the context of broader debates about the functioning of European institutions and the EU's capacity to respond in foreign policy matters, where the requirement for unanimity has been pointed out as an obstacle to the bloc's coordinated action.
