Brussels at the Crossroads: Is EU decision-making ready for a faster world?
EU leaders’ consensus-driven framework is increasingly strained as security and foreign-policy crises demand quicker action, prompting debates over reforms such as moving to qualified majority voting or creating a European Security Council, while the bloc pushes to approve Ukraine’s €90 billion loan amid tensions with Russia and Iran; Viktor Orbán’s absence could speed talks, though reform remains politically contentious.