Is the EU done with member states using vetoes as a power move?

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Apr 01, 2026 · 206 words · By Evi Kiorri; Mert Can Yilmaz

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What to know about Is the EU done with member states using vetoes as a power move?

What happens when a mechanism intended to protect national sovereignty becomes a power move against the entire bloc?

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What happened

What happens when a mechanism intended to protect national sovereignty becomes a power move against the entire bloc?

Why it matters

Under EU treaties, member states can veto decisions in areas that touch their core sovereignty: foreign policy, taxation, enlargement, and the budget.

Common ground

Under the EU treaties, the bloc is a union of sovereign states, not a federation, and no government should be forced into decisions that cut against its fundamental interests.

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Claim 1: “Article 4(2) obliges the EU to respect member states' national identities.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Treaty on European Union (2007) is one of the primary Treaties of the European Union, alongside the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The TEU forms the basis of EU law, by se…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) is one of two treaties forming the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU), the other being the Treaty on European Union (TEU). It wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) provides for the possibility of an EU member state leaving the European Union "in accordance with its own constitutional requirements". Currently, the…
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Claim 2: “The bloc is a union of sovereign states, not a federation, and no government should be forced into decisions that cut against its fundamental interests.”

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Claim 3: “Article 31(1) of the Treaty on European Union mandates unanimity on foreign and security policy decisions.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union is a procedure in the treaties of the European Union (EU) to suspend certain rights from a member state. While rights can be suspended, there is no mechanism …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Treaties of the European Union are a set of international treaties between the European Union (EU) member states which sets out the EU's constitutional basis. They establish the various EU institu…
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Claim 4: “Under EU treaties, member states can veto decisions in areas that touch their core sovereignty: foreign policy, taxation, enlargement, and the budget.”

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Claim 5: “Abolishing the veto requires unanimity, locking the bloc in a cycle where reform seems out of reach.”

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Claim 6: “Hungary has vetoed aid to Ukraine or sanctions against Russia (21 times across 38 issues since 2011), officially justifying these actions in the same manner as other countries.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Casualties in the Russo-Ukrainian War include six deaths during the 2014 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, 14,200–14,400 military and civilian deaths during the War in Donbas, and betwee…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
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