Scholz Urges Expanded Majority Voting to Speed Up EU Decisions

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for an overhaul of European Union decision-making, proposing that majority voting should be used initially in areas like sanctions and human rights.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, member states must deliver on the “promise of peace” that was behind the birth of the bloc “by enabling the European Union to safeguard its security, its independence and its stability also in the face of challenges from without,” Scholz said, according to the text of a speech in Prague Monday.