Majority voting
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International cooperation is normally based on unanimity between the participating states. The EU has developed supra-national cooperation where a member state can be bound also by decisions it has voted against.
Simple majority is just a majority of those taken part in a vote.
Qualified majority can requiere a majority of all members and is then called absolute majority in the European Parliament.
See also Qualified majority, Simple majority, Voting in the Council, Voting in the EU Commission and Voting in the European Parliament.
