Questions tagged [veto]
Latin for "I forbid"; is the power to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation.
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Is an 'Against' vote by one of the five permanent members in UNSC a default veto?
Watching the recent US veto in UNSC against the cease fire in Gaza resolution I noticed that there was no explicit use of veto, it was just the US voting 'Against'.
I thought that a permanent member ...
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Why did the U.S. veto the UN ceasefire resolution?
On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the U.N Charter on the situation in Gaza.
Article 99 allows the secretary-general to “bring ...
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What laws did Duda veto?
Politico:
Duda, originally a European Parliament backbencher from the Law and Justice (PiS) party before becoming president in 2015, has long been loyal to the nationalist party.
Tusk and his allies ...
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Was a Czech president ever successful in having a legislation proposal dropped after his veto or threat thereof?
The Czech constitution gives the President a veto power on legislation, but this can be overridden by 50% (+1 I assume) of the absolute number of parliamentarians, which may be slightly difficult in ...
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What is the procedure for changing unanimity EU policy?
It seems quite unnatural to have a unanimity requirement for voting in large organizations. European Union is 27-member strong with some of the countries "misbehaving" quite often (Hungary ...
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Could a fast-track migration to NATO-2.0 be a solution to Turkey's veto for Finland and Sweden? [closed]
As you likely know Finland and Sweden have recently applied for NATO membership, in order to be protected from Russia in case they get attacked like Ukraine. But Turkey has announced that they will ...
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Can the US President veto a repeal?
Under Article 1 Section 7 of the US Constitution, the President has the authority to veto any piece of legislation passed by Congress (and Congress can override the veto with a 2/3 majority in both ...
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Can the President sign a Bill after it has been Pocket Vetoed?
During the recently-ended 116th Congress, H.R. 6192 was approved by the Senate on Dec. 17th, 2020, and presented to the President on Dec. 24th. The 116th Congress adjourned for good on Jan. 3, 2021 ...
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Which recent presidents (since Carter) has vetoed an NDAA before?
I saw this post on Twitter.
Reagan, Carter, Bush, and Obama all vetoed the NDAA. Each time, the veto was upheld and/or the bill was revised to respond to their objections.
Is it true that these ...
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What happens if there's a veto on the European Union budget?
Recently Hungary and Poland vetoed (or formally just threaten to use a veto) on the EU budget (see for example here). What happens in 2021 if there's no accepted budget? The referred article mentions ...
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How many pieces of US legislation passed with a supermajority in both houses of Congress without being vetoed
To override a U.S. presidential veto requires a two-thirds supermajority in both houses of Congress. According to this Wikipedia page, this has happened 111 times. What I'm having trouble finding is: ...
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Can the permanent members of the UN Security Council also veto UN General Assembly resolutions?
I have always thought that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council can veto any UN resolution.
Reading the UN Charter more carefully, the veto power seems to be restricted only to UN ...
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Have the US and Russia (or USSR before it) co-vetoed a UN resolution before today?
In an interesting development today regarding the latest Turkish operation in northern Syria.
The U.N. Security Council failed to agree on a statement on Turkey's counterterrorism operation in Syria ...
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Has the US explained why it vetoed the UN resolution condemning Turkey’s Syria invasion?
France, Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Poland just sponsored a resolution in the United Nations Security Council condemning Turkey’s invasion of Northern Syria (home of the Syrian Kurds). ...
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Is there a legal ground for stripping the UK of its UN Veto if Scotland and/or N.Ireland split from the UK?
This question is based on the assumption that both Northern Ireland and Scotland want to stay in the European Union, where Northern Ireland unifies with Ireland, and/or Scotland gets its independence ...
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