(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, MAY 04 - Nine EU countries have launched a 'Group of friends' to promote qualified majority voting - and no longer unanimity - in the European common foreign and security policy.
The document, promoted by Germany, sees among the signatories France, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, Finland, Slovenia.
"The goal is to improve the effectiveness and speed of the decision-making process.
Against the backdrop of Russia's war of aggression and growing international challenges, we are convinced that EU foreign policy needs adequate processes to strengthen the EU as a foreign policy actor", reads the document.
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