The European Council and the qualified majority

When does the European Council resort to qualified majority voting?The European Council, consisting of Prime Ministers from all the member states, resorts to qualified majority voting in the following areas: the choice of European Council president;...

When does the European Council resort to qualified majority voting?
The European Council, consisting of Prime Ministers from all the member states, resorts to qualified majority voting in the following areas: the choice of European Council president; the decision to establish other Council of Ministers configurations; in proposing a candidate for presidency of Commission; and the appointment of the European Commission, the EU foreign affairs minister, and the president and other executive members of European Central Bank.

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