The European Parliament has approved on Thursday a resolution on the enlargement process of the European Union (EU), through which it requested that this process become more efficient, including removing the use of the veto for member countries.
The resolution also calls for the EU to have a more efficient budget in order to be able to cope with the enlargement with new member states.
The resolution was supported by 305 deputies, while 157 deputies voted against and 71 abstained.
The European Union, currently, for each decision in the field of foreign policy and security, including the enlargement process, must find consensus. This has often led to decisions being blocked by a member state through a veto, even when all others were in favor.
This is the last resolution for the enlargement process that the European Parliament approves in this composition, since the new bloc elections will be held in June.
This institution of the EU has strongly supported the enlargement process, while with this resolution it demands that the EU be reformed before it expands.
The European Parliament also supports the gradual integration of candidate countries into the EU single market throughout the enlargement process, even before they become formal members of the bloc.