{"id":63423,"date":"2026-04-14T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/von-der-leyen-pushes-to-end-veto-power-in-eu-rt-world-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:24:43","slug":"von-der-leyen-pushes-to-end-veto-power-in-eu-rt-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/von-der-leyen-pushes-to-end-veto-power-in-eu-rt-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Von der Leyen pushes to end veto power in EU – RT World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The European Commission president has insisted that a majority must decide the bloc’s common foreign policy\n <\/p>\n

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has insisted it is time for the EU to remove individual member states’ veto power over the bloc’s foreign policy decisions.<\/p>\n

Von der Leyen issued the call less than 24 hours after her longtime rival, former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, lost power in the general election to the pro-EU Tisza party led by Peter Magyar.<\/p>\n

Orb\u00e1n, a staunch critic of Brussels, has used the unanimity requirement to block many EU policies during his tenure. In recent months, Budapest has been vetoing the bloc’s \u20ac90 billion ($105 billion) emergency loan to Ukraine, citing Kiev’s reluctance to resume supplies of Russian oil to Hungary through the Druzhba pipeline.<\/p>\n

Von der Leyen emphasized this on Monday \u201cMoving toward qualified majority voting in foreign policy is an important way to avoid the systemic blockages we have seen in the past.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The head of the European Commission has long been trying to push through a series of fundamental changes to EU rules to create a two-tier bloc into which Ukraine could be integrated, despite not meeting the common requirement for member states.<\/p>\n

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