1. Amsterdam and Nice Treaties
With regards to the Enlargement process, the Amsterdam Treaty took into account that the European Union was still operating under the same rules it had when there was only six members. At the time of the Amsterdam treaty there were fifteen members and more on the way, so renegotiation of the rules and institutions was essential if there was to be any hope of the Union functioning after enlarging. ... Qualified majority voting was essential to the successive enlargements of the EU and although it already applied to a large number of policies, several important issues remained subject to the una...
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