France joins Germany's push to end EU foreign policy vetoes
France has joined Germany and nine other EU countries asking to end a rule that lets any single EU country block foreign policy decisions, like sanctions or aid, by voting no.
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Eleven EU countries want to drop the veto on foreign policy votes
Eleven of the EU's 27 members, including France and Germany, want the bloc to make foreign policy decisions like sanctions and joint statements by majority vote instead of requiring every country's agreement.
Brussels Has Trade Options on Settlement Goods. It Doesn't Have the Votes — Yet
The European Commission has circulated three options for restricting imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The real fight is not over which option, but over which legal basis — and whether that basis lets opponents like Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic veto the whole thing.