Mastodawn

In the Council of the European Union, where the EU Member States meet, decisions are often made by what we call "Qualified Majority Voting", or QMV. How many votes are needed to pass a law under QMV?

(In the interest of shortening answers: MS= Member States, pop=population)

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55% of MS representing 65% of EU population

35.2%

65% of Member States

2.2%

65% of MS representing at least 50% of EU pop.

38.5%

I don't know

24.2%

Poll ended at May 20 at 12:37pm.

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Hannah Grace

The correct answer here was…. 55% of member states (so 15 out of 27) representing at least 65% of the EU population.

Qualified majority is the voting system most frequently used in the Council, with about 80% of all EU legislation adopted through it.
This is because a qualified majority applies when the Council takes decisions under the ordinary legislative procedure, which is the primary decision-making process for adopting EU laws.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/how-does-the-council-vote/qualified-majority/

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