Tag: qualified majority
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The EU vetoers hold a meeting in Malta
Slovakia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar is in Malta today for talks with his Maltese counterpart Minister Chris Fearne. This is the first visit by a Foreign Minister from Slovakia in 12 years Minister Fearne stated. There is a very good reason why Malta is currently prioritising its friendships with small states in the EU…
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Malta against qualified-majority voting pushed by big EU member-states – Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg
Answering questions from The Maltese Herald, Malta’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign-Affairs Minister Ian Borg said that Malta is not supporting the EU’s current push to introduce qualified-majority voting mechanism on all foreign affairs issues in the European Council and said that this would set a precedent that Malta would not accept. He also said…
