Article 20: Supension and secession

From Wikitution

The Council of Ministers may suspend the voting rights of a Member State, if that Member State departs from the basic values or violates basic rules of the Union. (23) In such cases the Council of Ministers must act by a three-quarters majority of states, exclusive of the Member State that is the subject of the vote.

A Member State may leave the Union at any time. (24)


Back to En:Economist2000Thread