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Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 02:20:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "" <dmarc-noreply-outsider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "Davebarnby@xxxxxxx" for DMARC) To: davebarnby@xxxxxxxThe following areas of competance are passed out of our control - what's left??
So much for power springs for the people*On the 1st November 2014* the right of Parliament to legislate over us in 43 areas, the important ones, will be removed and be made subject to approval via QMV, or Qualified Majority Voting.
The following areas of competence will switch from requiring *unanimous approval* of all member states to qualified majority voting only:
*Initiatives of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV
Administrative co-operation – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Asylum – Nice: QMV; Lisbon: QMV* *Border controls – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* *Citizens’ initiative regulations – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Civil protection – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Committee of the Regions – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Common defence policy – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Crime prevention incentives – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Criminal judicial co-operation – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Criminal law – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Culture – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* *Diplomatic & Consular protection – Nice: Unanimity Lisbon: QMV* *Economic & Social Committee – Nice: QMV Lisbon: QMV Emergency international aid – Nice: Unanimity Lisbon: QMV Energy – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV EU budget – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Eurojust – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV European Central Bank – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV European Court of Justice – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Europol – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Eurozone external representation – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* ** *Foreign Affairs High Representative election – Lisbon: QMV Freedom of movement for workers – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Freedom to establish a business – Nice: Unanimity Lisbon QMVFreedom, security, justice, co-operation & evaluation – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV
Funding the Common Foreign & Security Policy – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* *General economic interest services – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* *Humanitarian aid – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* *Immigration – Nice: QMV; Lisbon: QMV Intellectual property – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* *Organisation of the Council of the EU – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* *Police co-operation – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV President of the European Council election – Lisbon: QMV* *Response to natural disasters & terrorism – Lisbon: QMV Rules concerning the Armaments Agency – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* *Self-employment access rights – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Social Security Unanimity – Nice: QMV; Lisbon: QMV Space – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Sport – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Structural & Cohension Funds – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* *Tourism – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV Transport – Nice: Unanimity; Lisbon: QMV* *Withdrawal of a member state – Lisbon: QMVA brief review of the Treaties confirms the Transitional arrangements which allow, only on specific votes, for the Nice Treaty Provisions to apply from 1st November 2014 until March 2017 only*
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