Mr Santer shares his reservations; he also feels that commission approval should be required for allowing flexibility, to protect the interests of those who do not take part.The British have a simpler suggestion for looking after their interests: make the decision to use flexibility subject to a unanimous vote, thus giving a veto to non-participants.
It would also be allowed for the first time to intervene in secondary bond markets, subject to an ECB analysis recognizing "exceptional circumstances" and a unanimous decision.
In a unanimous decision, the 15-member council ordered that the trio be subject to an asset freeze and global travel ban.
In a unanimous ruling, a panel of nine law lords held that three men, subject to control orders, were denied a fair trial by the government's reliance of secret evidence.
The Federal Election Commission ruled Monday, in a unanimous vote, that paid political advertisements are the only form of political activity on the Internet subject to federal campaign finance laws.
Mr Cameron's plan was to seek safeguards for the single market and to subject some parts of financial regulation to unanimous approval, in exchange for backing a new treaty.
In consideration, therefore, of the numerously signed petitions, the urgent and unanimous desire of our professional brethren, and the interest manifested abroad in our success, we would recommend that a committee of sixteen, one from each country, be chosen to canvass the State and present the subject to the next Legislature for action.
"This most recent vote was as close to unanimous as possible," Mr. Raynor said.
