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  • The issue was the so-called "passerelle" clauses which permit the European Council to abolish the few surviving national vetoes, on issues such as taxation and defence, and allow them to be decided by qualified majority voting.

    Booker Richard 2005

  • Now, it has the so-called "passerelle" clause, or self-amending mechanism.

    British Blogs 2009

  • Now, it has the so-called "passerelle" clause, or self-amending mechanism.

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2009

  • For that reason, although Lisbon as a whole is okay, some of its provisions - in particular the new simplified procedure for amending the EU Treaties and the "passerelle" clauses by which member states will be able to give up the veto and move to qualified majority voting without specific Treaty amendment - can only be relied on constitutionally if both houses of the German Parliament, Bundestag and Bundesrat, give specific assent to their use.

    German Constitutional Court approves Lisbon - with provisos 2009

  • For that reason, although Lisbon as a whole is okay, some of its provisions - in particular the new simplified procedure for amending the EU Treaties and the "passerelle" clauses by which member states will be able to give up the veto and move to qualified majority voting without specific Treaty amendment - can only be relied on constitutionally if both houses of the German Parliament, Bundestag and Bundesrat, give specific assent to their use.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • The most striking is Article 48, universally known by its French nickname, the passerelle clause.

    How the Irish Can Save Civilization (Again) 2009

  • The passerelle clause is not the only evidence in the treaty of a post-democratic mindset.

    How the Irish Can Save Civilization (Again) 2009

  • Maybe the country will be inflamed every day by discussion of passerelle clauses and competencies.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2007

  • Maybe the country will be inflamed every day by discussion of passerelle clauses and competencies.

    The Tories' Clause Four moment 2007

  • Maybe the country will be inflamed every day by discussion of passerelle clauses and competencies.

    The Tories' Clause Four moment 2007

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  • 1883 M. K. WADDINGTON Let. 23 June in Lett. Diplomat's Wife (1903) i. 129 The Captain..came to get us to stand on the passerelle with him and see the approach to Helsingfors.

    June 23, 2008