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For some issues unanimous agreement is already not needed. For example recently a law was passed in the Council with 20 of 27 votes (only with the help of an Austrian minister against the wish of her government).

https://www.dw.com/en/eu-ministers-approve-contested-nature-...

The full rules are here, 'of course' taxation still needs unanimous agreement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_E...




Yes, I'm aware that unanimity is not currently always required. But a claim that the EU "is set" to remove a rule is discussing a change to the status-quo rules in this regard, which I haven't heard about except as a very much not unanimously agreed aspiration of some legislators and some member states.




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