Qualified Majority Voting in the Institutions of the EU

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Politik - Thema: Europäische Union, Note: 1,0, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: The essay shows the changing of qualified majority voting in the institutions of the European Union focusing on the Council of the European Union throughout its history. Therefore, not only changes concerning the legal basis - which means the treaties of the European Union and its predecessors - but developments in the member states as well will be subject of this work, touching the question of reasoning qualified majority voting. In the end a conclusion is drawn reflecting the purpose and its ways of contributing to the decision making process of the European Union with regard to roles of big and small states.