The European Commission on Tuesday proposed to end the veto power member states have over EU tax matters, an idea rejected by several smaller countries including low-tax hub Ireland. A more harmonised ...

This enemy of developers goes by many names. “Member deference” in New York. “Aldermanic prerogative” in Chicago. Philadelphia has “councilmanic prerogative.” The terms boil down to the same tradition ...

In a sharp critique, UN chief Antonio Guterres said there is a need to recognise "we have a problem with the Security Council", which does not reflect the current world and is not allowed to stop ...

In power for 16 years, Hungary’s outgoing prime minister Viktor Orbán was notorious for abusing his government’s veto power to taint the European Union’s foreign policy with the same anti-rights, ...