Governments can veto decisions on foreign affairs, enlargement and budget. But this also makes enacting sanctions against countries like Russia or Israel harder to approve.
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The article keeps mentioning past pushes to abolish unanimity.
But I think It’s worth mentioning that the treaty of Lisbon already changed voting rules in many fields from unanimity to qualified majority in 2014:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_the_Council_of_the_European_Union#Policy_areasIt’s not like there has never been any progress in that direction.