Introducing qualified majority voting in the common foreign and security policy : perspectives from Slovenia and Slovakia

Udovič, Boštjan (author), Žipaj, Tomáš (author)

The article examines the positions of Slovenia and Slovakia on introducing qualified majority voting in the area of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (QMV CFSP). This topic has gained significance in recent years due to various attempts to obstruct decision-making within the European Union. The analysis is conducted on two levels: Official government statements from both countries and the perceptions of students on the issue. The findings reveal a stark contrast between the two levels. While Slovenia and Slovakia hold opposing official positions on QMV CFSP, students from both countries largely support its introduction. However, there is a notable difference regarding QMV CFSP as a preliminary step towards deeper integration: Slovak students are somewhat more reserved than their Slovenian counterparts. This suggests that the political discourse in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly concerns over the ‘dangers of EU deepening’, is influencing younger generations and the student population.

• Language: English
• Keywords: qualified majority, voting system
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Geographic coverage: Slovenija; Slovaška
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 90-106
• Numbering: Vol. 18, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-178029
• UDC: 061.1EU
• ISSN on article: 1338-1385
• COBISS.SI-ID: 241479939
• Publication date in RUL: 16.01.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of comparative politics
• Publisher: Department of Political Science, Center for Analysis of Administrative-Political Processes and Institutions, Alma Mater Europea-European Centre Maribor (AMEU-ECM)
• ISSN: 1338-1385
• COBISS.SI-ID: 29224285

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Uvedba glasovanja s kvalificirano večino v skupni zunanji in varnostni politiki: pogledi iz Slovenije in Slovaške

Abstract

Članek se osredotoča na stališča Slovenije in Slovaške glede uvedbe glasovanja s kvalificirano večino na področju skupne zunanje in varnostne politike (SZVP) – vprašanja, ki je postalo posebej aktualno v zadnjih letih, ko so se v okviru Evropske unije začeli pojavljati različni poskusi blokiranja odločanja. Analiza je izvedena na dveh ravneh: na ravni uradnih stališč političnih elit oziroma političnih odločevalcev v Sloveniji in na Slovaškem ter na ravni študentske populacije obeh držav. Glavne ugotovitve je mogoče razvrstiti v dve skupini. Prvič, Slovenija in Slovaška imata na ravni političnih odločevalcev nasprotna stališča do uvedbe glasovanja s kvalificirano večino v okviru SZVP. Drugič, stališča študentov obeh držav so si medsebojno bistveno bolj podobna kot stališča političnih elit.

• Keywords: kvalificirana večina, glasovalni sistem

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P5-0177
• Name: Slovenija in njeni akterji v mednarodnih odnosih in evropskih integracijah

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: J5-50173
• Name: Rastoča kulturna razdalja in stereotipizacija v malih tranzicijskih državah: primer držav nekdanje Jugoslavije