A notification by a "victim Member State" would either lead to a "major crisis [...] in external relations with the third country concerned or internally" because the "mechanism's second stage can be blocked only by Council [...]", a decision which would be seen "as a refusal by the Member States to act in solidarity" (p.
A notification by a "victim Member State" would either lead to a "major crisis [...] in external relations with the third country concerned or internally" because the "mechanism's second stage can be blocked only by Council [...]", a decision which would be seen "as a refusal by the Member States to act in solidarity" (p.