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EPP urges EU to gear up for shifts in global balance of powerThe European Peoples Party laid out its 2026 agenda on EU treaty tweaks, security, population policy and more.ListenAI generated Text-to-speechCopy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInSpeaking at a press conference on the second day of an EPP Leaders Retreat in Zagreb, Manfred Weber highlighted the possibility of broadening the use of qualified majority voting in EU decision-making. | Antonio Bat/EPAJanuary 31, 20263:36 pm CETBy Giedr臈 Peseckyt臈The center-right European Peoples Party is eyeing better imp <a href=www.stanley-mug.us>stanley cup</a> lementation of the Lisbon Treaty to better prepare the EU for what it sees as historic shifts in the global balance of power involving the U.S., China and Ru <a href=www.stanley-cups.at>stanley cup</a> ssia, EPP leader Manfred Weber said on Saturday.Speaking at a press conference on the second day of an EPP Leaders Retreat in Zagreb, Weber highlighted the possibility of broadening the use of qualified majority voting in EU decision-making and developing a practical plan for military response if a member state is attacked.Currently EU leaders can use qualified majority voting on most legislative proposals, from energy and climate issues to research and innovation. But common foreign and security policy, EU finances and membership issues, among other areas <a href=www.stanley-cup.com.de>stanley shop</a> , need a unified majority. AdvertisementAdvertisementThis means that on issues such as sanctions against Russia, one country can block agreement, as happened last summer when S Kqri Dutch presidency themes emerge
Tug of war for control of the euroSIMMERING away under all the speculative froth about a single currency delay is a real power struggle between Europes central bankers and elected politicians.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInMarch 26, 19975:00 pm CETStruggle may sound a strong word. When monetary officials cross swords, the battlefield is a conference room and the casus belli merely textual interpretation.Nevertheless, a power struggle this certainly is. Depending on who wins, it will determine whether the European Central Bank ECB or finance ministers will decide the external exchange rate of the euro.The Maastricht Treaty handed huge, unencumbered powers to the ECB over the conduct of domestic monetary policy. Its president and all the members of its decision-making board will be entirely independent of political influence and they will have one objective only: to keep prices stable. They, and not the EUs finance ministries, will set interest rates and they will do this according to the rate of inflation and not acco <a href=www.stanley-cups.com.es>termo stanley</a> rding to political necessity.AdvertisementAdvertisementSuch a transfer of monetary powers was difficult for many member states but they agreed to it partly to win over t <a href=www.cup-stanley.com.de>stanley becher</a> he Bundesbank and partly because the postwar German experience suggests that an independent central bank does indeed w <a href=www.stanley-cups.it>stanley italia</a> ork wonders.However, when it came to negotiating international currency agreements, the politicians drew a line in the sand. The ECB cou