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[-] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

A single region within a member country can veto an entire block's will, even if the rest of the country assents? That seems very broken as a voting system, to me.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Belgium has an unusual constitution that lets its regions have veto power over some of its decisions in the international stage and adding a member to the EU is actually a change to a major Treaty that Belgium is part of.

For most EU member countries, there is no such thing, though I believe some (Luxemburg, Malta?) are actually smaller than Walonia in terms of population.

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