Until the Treaty of Lisbon, the Council of Ministers Used

question 2

Multiple Choice

Until the Treaty of Lisbon, the Council of Ministers used a system of qualified majority voting, which meant that

• A) at least four of the "original six" had to be part of the majority that approved legislative proposals.
• B) the voting power of members was weighted by population size.
• C) at least three-fourths of the members had to approve legislative proposals.
• D) Council decisions had to be approved by a majority of the judges in the European Court of Justice.
• E) all decisions required a vote of unanimity.

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