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There is no veto right anymore. Most decisions are taken by simple majority. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/voting-system/

The veto right was effectively removed once certain countries started abusing it.

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It's always funny to see how these simple things play out in the obvious way.

That's why we cannot have nice things. The stuff that worked with a dozen members didn't work as well with twice the participants (some of them with little respect for compromise - which is effectively the founding value the whole Union apparatus is based on). Removing veto powers in the Council was the only way to ensure things could keep getting done.

Note this was done through treaty amendments, which were agreed by all participants.

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