sanctions require the approval of all 27 members of the block earlier european commission, president ursula vaughan delay and called for a qualified majority voting system to prevent certain countries from blocking decisions. but to get more on this now, we're going to cross live to german attorney and law professor andre thomas housing . andre, thanks for joining us on the program. and what's your take on the latest statement from olaf, schultz. and what does this situation say about democracy within the you? well, yes, good evening. i think both charles and run the lame, we used to be called all breast lack a little bit of knowledge of history. the success of the you, the, the magic formula that allow the you to gum strong and successful was that the voting is weighted in the council so that the small countries together cannot force their will on the major powers. and the major powers alone cannot force their will on the small countries is a very complex voting procedure. and, and by and to fiddle with it to change it will, will strengthen the trend towards fragmentation in europe that we all the