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   The Council (also known as the Council of
    Ministers) is made up of ministers from
   the EU’s national governments. The
    member states take it in turns to hold the
   Council Presidency for a six-month period.
    Every Council meeting is attended by
   one minister from each EU country. Which
    ministers attend a meeting depends on
   which topic is on the agenda: foreign aff
    airs, agriculture, industry, transport, the
   environment, etc.
   The Council’s main job is to pass EU laws. Normally it shares
    this responsibility
   with the European Parliament. The Council and the
    Parliament also share
   equal responsibility for adopting the EU budget. In addition,
    the Council signs
   international agreements that have been negotiated by the
    Commission.
   According to the Lisbon Treaty, the Council has to take its
    decisions either by a
   simple majority vote, a ‘qualified majority’ vote or
    unanimously, depending on the
   subject to be decided.
The Council has to agree unanimously on
important questions such as taxation,
amending the Treaties, launching a new common
policy or allowing a new country to join the Union.

In most other cases, qualifi ed majority voting is
used. This means that a Council decision is adopted
if a specifi ed minimum number of votes are cast in
its favour.

The number of votes allocated to each EU country
roughly refl ects the size of its population.
   Until 1 November 2014, assuming the
    EU still has 27 member states, a
    decision is
   adopted if:
    at least 255 of the 347 votes (i.e. 73.91
    %) are cast in favour;
    it is approved by a majority of member
    states, i.e. at least 14;
    i f these favourable member states
    represent at least 62 % of the EU’s
   population.
   1. What’s the Council’s main job?
   2. How many votes at least have to be casted
    in favour?

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The council of ministers

  • 1.
  • 2. The Council (also known as the Council of Ministers) is made up of ministers from  the EU’s national governments. The member states take it in turns to hold the  Council Presidency for a six-month period. Every Council meeting is attended by  one minister from each EU country. Which ministers attend a meeting depends on  which topic is on the agenda: foreign aff airs, agriculture, industry, transport, the  environment, etc.
  • 3. The Council’s main job is to pass EU laws. Normally it shares this responsibility  with the European Parliament. The Council and the Parliament also share  equal responsibility for adopting the EU budget. In addition, the Council signs  international agreements that have been negotiated by the Commission.  According to the Lisbon Treaty, the Council has to take its decisions either by a  simple majority vote, a ‘qualified majority’ vote or unanimously, depending on the  subject to be decided.
  • 4. The Council has to agree unanimously on important questions such as taxation, amending the Treaties, launching a new common policy or allowing a new country to join the Union. In most other cases, qualifi ed majority voting is used. This means that a Council decision is adopted if a specifi ed minimum number of votes are cast in its favour. The number of votes allocated to each EU country roughly refl ects the size of its population.
  • 5.
  • 6. Until 1 November 2014, assuming the EU still has 27 member states, a decision is  adopted if:  at least 255 of the 347 votes (i.e. 73.91 %) are cast in favour;  it is approved by a majority of member states, i.e. at least 14;  i f these favourable member states represent at least 62 % of the EU’s  population.
  • 7. 1. What’s the Council’s main job?  2. How many votes at least have to be casted in favour?