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The chief decision-making body of the European Union where the national interests of member states are represented, though it works to guidelines agreed by the European Council. Its presidency changes every six months, though continuity was assisted until recently by the troika arrangement. It meets in subject-based councils of which the most important is that composed of the foreign ministers of the member states, which normally meets monthly. (Officially referred to as the ‘General Affairs Council’, this is more generally known as the ‘Foreign Affairs Council’.) Though in theory decisions may be taken by a simple majority vote, they are taken formally either by unanimity or qualified majority voting, and in reality most of them are taken by the consensus method. Since the entry into force of the Treaty of Maastricht, the Council of Ministers has been officially styled the ‘Council of the European Union’. See also codecision procedure; high representative (example 1); Luxembourg compromise. |
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