Germany's main opposition party, the Christian Democrat CDU, has threatened that if smaller EU member states get a similar voting weight to Germany, it will reject the new European Constitution.
At a CDU party congress in Leipzig, according to Spiegel Online, European affairs speaker Peter Hintze insisted that the double majority system (a majority of countries plus population) must be accepted as the future EU voting mechanism.
Also, European Central Bank independence would have...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.