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Actually, even before then.

The Qualified Majority Vote has been being used in increasing scope of policy areas for many years.

QMV was part of stuff from the 1986 SEA, and got a major boost in the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, since it was recognised as practically being necessary to make any progress towards (and within) the Single Market.




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