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European Union (Amendment) Bill

May I gently point out two matters? First, the common foreign policy of the European Union is decided not by qualified majority voting but by unanimity. Secondly, article 214 makes it clear that member states can have their own humanitarian foreign aid programmes, even in the absence of agreement on a European Union humanitarian aid programme. The UK could act in a case in which the European Union chose not to do so.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c860 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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