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Suggestions for amendments to the text of the Articles of the Treaty

 

AMENDMENT FORM

Suggestion for amendment of Article 17 b:

 

By Mr. Péter Balázs, Mr. Hannes Farnleitner, Ms. Sandra Kalniete, Mr. Jan Kohout, Mr. Ivan Korčok, Mr. Rytis Martikonis, Mr. Lennart Meri, Mr. Dimitrij Rupel, Ms. Teija Tiilikainen

 

Status : - Members.


 

Article 17b : Qualified majority

 

  1. When the European Council or the Council take decisions by qualified majority, such a majority shall consist of the majority of Member States, representing at least three fifths of the population of the Union.
  2. Within the European Council, its President and the President of the Commission do not vote.