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by blibble 798 days ago
> National governments have veto rights on passed laws.

this hasn't been the case for over 20 years, it's now almost all by majority vote

the only things that are still subject to the veto are treaty change, new members, defence and a few other things

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_E...