Summary of decision making in the EU

Here is a table to summarize the decision making procedures that have been discussed in this module.

Decision making procedure	Ordinary legislative procedure	Consent	Consultation	CFSP
Commission proposal	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (member state or High Representative Proposal – Commission can propose with HR/VP)
Parliament veto	Yes	Yes	No	No (often not consulted)
Qualified Majority Voting	Yes	Sometimes	Sometimes	Occasionally on some technical matters – but member states can veto most of the time if they so desire