The implementation of Article 31 of the Treaty on European Union and the use of Qualified Majority Voting: Towards a more effective Common Foreign and Security Policy?

This study has been commissioned by the European Parliament’s
Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs
at the request of the AFCO Committee. It analyses the
possibilities and challenges regarding unanimity and qualified
majority voting as well as the use of passerelle clauses in EU
decision-making, with a special focus on the use of qualified
majority voting in the European Union’s Common Foreign and
Security Policy.