"Of the 27 EU governments, the United Kingdom voted against the majority most often, whereas France and Lithuania always voted with the majority," a report by nongovernmental organization VoteWatch Europe, monitoring voting trends, states.
The survey also revealed that Cyprus, Greece, Finland, and Latvia almost always support the majority position.
Meanwhile every tenth vote of the United Kingdom is against the majority position, and Germany, Austria, Denmark, and the Netherlands, too, take the minority side quite often.
The survey analyzed voting records since July 2009.
Ministers from all EU member states attend Council meetings and adopt legal acts and coordinate policies. Member states send ministers or deputy ministers responsible for specific policies to every meeting.
The majority of decisions of the EU Council are adopted by qualified majority voting but certain decisions, especially on security, external affairs and taxes, must be adopted unanimously.
The report also states that member states most often have different opinions on agriculture, environmental protection, and regional policy issues.
2012 07 10
EU voting survey shows Lithuania always siding with majority
Only Lithuania and France have always taken the majority side during votes in the Council of the European Union since 2009, a recent survey shows.
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