There were even cases in which Member States in the minority, rather than invoke the Luxembourg compromise during a vote, have challenged it in the Court of Justice on grounds of an incorrect legal basis – arguing that an article requiring unanimity should have been used.
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In 1960 Charles de Gaulle believed that a council of the heads of government should be created with a secretariat in Paris.
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The Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Luns was resistant to this new reorganisation, fearing that the exclusion of Great Britain and NATO would leave Europe vulnerable.
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