The issue was the so-called "passerelle" clauses which permit the European Council to abolish the few surviving national vetoes, on issues such as taxation and defence, and allow them to be decided by qualified majority voting. From Wordnik.com. [Booker] Reference
Now, it has the so-called "passerelle" clause, or self-amending mechanism. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
For that reason, although Lisbon as a whole is okay, some of its provisions - in particular the new simplified procedure for amending the EU Treaties and the "passerelle" clauses by which member states will be able to give up the veto and move to qualified majority voting without specific Treaty amendment - can only be relied on constitutionally if both houses of the German Parliament, Bundestag and Bundesrat, give specific assent to their use. From Wordnik.com. [German Constitutional Court approves Lisbon - with provisos] Reference
The passerelle clause is not the only evidence in the treaty of a post-democratic mindset. From Wordnik.com. [How the Irish Can Save Civilization (Again)] Reference
The most striking is Article 48, universally known by its French nickname, the passerelle clause. From Wordnik.com. [How the Irish Can Save Civilization (Again)] Reference
Maybe the country will be inflamed every day by discussion of passerelle clauses and competencies. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Mark @ 10.55 am: the EU is moving precisely nowhere on the JHA passerelle at the moment, as the Germans won't have it. From Wordnik.com. [Bye Bye Lord Falconer] Reference
Fortunately for the "colleagues" though, there is a mechanism in the treaty to resolve it, the so-called "passerelle" or "ratchet" clause. From Wordnik.com. [Joined at the hip] Reference
Reflecting on the whimsical sense of humour of the "colleagues", therefore, in calling this a passerelle, one might think it is more like a two-lane by-pass. From Wordnik.com. [A footbridge to power] Reference
At times, according to various press accounts, the water surged over the passerelle, the raised wooden sidewalks that are provisionally set in place to keep the city alive during otherwise crippling floods. From Wordnik.com. [Veniceblog:] Reference
The Treaty contains a number of passerelle or bridging clauses. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The EU is moving precisely nowhere on the JHA passerelle at the moment, as the Germans won't have it. From Wordnik.com. [Bye Bye Lord Falconer] Reference
Le petit Chose, s’arrachant aux étreintes de ses amis, franchit bravement la passerelle. —. From Wordnik.com. [Le Petit Chose (part 1) Histoire d'un Enfant] Reference
Le fleuve Elbe est devenu une gigantesque passerelle bleu marine - la couleur des marins. http://www. thenewsmarket.com/HamburgMarketing. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News from SYS-CON MEDIA] Reference
Or passerelle, as we call ... ". From Wordnik.com. [BBC Blog Network] Reference
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