The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has presented the proposal for the removal of unanimity in voting for the admission of new states to the EU, replacing it with qualified majority voting.
In this way, Brussels will facilitate EU admission procedures for Ukraine, Moldova and the countries of the Western Balkans. Brussels proposed scrapping the unanimity that blocks decisions on foreign policy to avoid future deadlocks by member states on bilateral issues.
This decision-making would also unlock the current situation with Albania blocked by Greece and North Macedonia blocked by Bulgaria. Von Der Leyen insisted that removing unanimity does not require changing EU treaties.
Despite this move coming on the eve of European elections, most EU leaders have already warned that a family of more than 30 members will be even more difficult to govern.