qualified majority

collocation in English

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qualified
adjective
uk
/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪd/us
/ˈkwɑː.lə.faɪd/
having finished a training course, or having particular ...
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majority
noun
uk
/məˈdʒɒr.ə.ti/us
/məˈdʒɔː.rə.t̬i/
the larger number or part ...
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(Definition ofqualifiedandmajorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofqualified majority

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Having congress name the ombudsman by aqualifiedmajoritycould provide a safeguard against such incidents, and such a procedure is frequently employed.
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In most cases, this requires aqualifiedmajorityin the legislature.
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Credibility is achieved in areas underqualifiedmajorityvoting by restricting national executive action and by granting greater discretion to a supranational bureaucracy.
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At the end of negotiations, member states decided that future decisions on fisheries issues would be taken on aqualifiedmajoritybasis.
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It includes different types of acts (such as regulations and directives), made under different decision-making rules (co-decision, co-operation, etc.), and different voting rules (qualifiedmajorityand unanimity).
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The impact ofqualifiedmajorityvoting is notable especially in the legislation on competition policy, state aid to the transport sector and in some commercial policy instruments.
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The more veto players there are in a political system, or the larger thequalifiedmajorityrequired for a proposal to pass, the more stable is the status quo.
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Matters subject toqualifiedmajorityvoting include health and safety, improvement of working environment and conditions, information and consultation of workers, equal opportunities and equal treatment, and social exclusion.
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Why is it, therefore, that we are still talking about the reversedqualifiedmajority?
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Originally, you proposed that the reversequalifiedmajorityvoting rule be applied in more than 15 instances.
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This is where this reversequalifiedmajoritycomes in.
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The second matter is thequalifiedmajorityin internal and legal policy.
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Every government is saying we need morequalifiedmajorityvoting, but they all have their list of exceptions.
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After all, what do we mean by a 'qualifiedmajority'?
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That is why it is essential to extendqualifiedmajorityvoting.
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It is important not to acceptqualifiedmajorityvoting.
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Labour has proposed to extendqualifiedmajorityvoting to four new important areas of policy: social, industrial, environmental and regional.
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That would meanqualifiedmajorityvoting on issues that go way beyond what most of us believe the treaties comprise.
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