Qualified Majority Voting

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(Law / Parliamentary Procedure) a voting system, used by the EU Council of Ministers, enabling certain resolutions to be passed without unanimity Abbreviation QMV

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QMV qualified			He told MPs that the UK parliament would have to approve any proposal to activate the mechanisms in the treaty which permit further moves to qualified majority voting "to ensure that no government can agree without parliament's approval to any change in the EU rules that could in any way alter the constitutional balance of power between Britain and the EU". Brown pledges to oppose further EU changes as Conservatives demand ... by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk In the current deal qualified majority voting is dropped in favour of unanimity. Europe and the new constitution by Hylarides, Peter C. / Contemporary Review Mr Blunkett said the move by the 25 EU member states to scrap the requirement for unanimous agreement on immigration policy and instead adopt a qualified majority voting (QMV) system, under which larger states have more influence than EU minnows, would work in Britain's favour. Britain to keep border control by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			Quaker meeting Quaker-ladies Quakeress Quakerish Quakerism Quakerlike Quakerly Quakers Quakery Quaketail Quakiness quaking quaking aspen quaking bog quaking grass Quakingly quaky quale Qualifiable qualification Qualificative Qualificator qualified Qualified fee Qualified indorsement Qualified Majority Voting Qualified negative Qualified property Qualifiedly Qualifiedness qualifier qualify qualifying qualifying adjective qualitative qualitative analysis qualitative identity qualitatively Qualitied quality quality assurance Quality binding quality circle quality control quality factor quality of life quality papers quality time qualm qualmish quamash			Qualified Investment Fund Qualified Joint and Survivor Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuities Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity Qualified Joint Venture Qualified Kindergarten Teacher Qualified Laboratories List Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test Qualified Lead Qualified Leads qualified leasehold improvement property Qualified Legal Compliance Committee Qualified Licensed Professional Engineer Qualified Local Government Qualified Logical Link Control Qualified Long Term Care Qualified Long-Term Care Qualified Loss Qualified Loss Management Program Qualified Losses Qualified Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Qualified Low-Income Community Investments Qualified Mail Qualified majority Qualified majority Qualified majority Qualified Majority Voting Qualified Manufacturer's List Qualified Manufacturing Line Qualified Manufacturing Plants Qualified Marketing Director Qualified Matching Contributions Qualified Matching Employer Contribution Qualified Materials List Qualified Medical Child Support Order Qualified Medical Evaluator Qualified Medical Examiner Qualified Medical Exams Qualified Medical Expenses Qualified Medical Interpreter Qualified Medical Personnel Qualified Medical Physicist Qualified Medical Practitioner Qualified Medical Research and Development Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Plus Qualified Medications Aide Qualified Member, Engineering Department Qualified Mental Health Associate Qualified Mental Health Professional Qualified Mental Retardation Professional

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