"John D. Giorgis" schreef:
> Jeroen wrote:
> >I suppose this has something to do with your antiquated
> >system of electoral colleges,
>
> Oh really? How modern of you.
>
> Of course, I have in my hands right now the latest issue of "The
> Economist." It seems that the Europeans have just had a major sumit
> where they agreed on the new makeup of th EU's Council of Ministers. Here
> are some of the ministerial allocations:
> Nation people (*10^6) Votes in Council of Ministers
> Germany 82 29
> France 59 29
> Netherlands 15.8 13
> Belgium 10.2 12
> Luxembourg 0.4 4
> Malta* 0.4 3
>
> * - provisional, upon acceptance into membership
>
> Lets now realign that for percentages
> Nation people (*10^6) Votes in Council of Ministers
> Germany 22% 12%
> France 16% 12%
> Netherlands 4% 5.4%
> Belgium 3% 5.1%
> Luxembourg 0.1% 1.7%
> Malta* 0.1% 1.3%
It is not based on the amount of people in the country but on the amount of
money members contribute to the Europeen system. The Europeen system is an
economic based system. It is intended to make the Europeen market more uniform
and thereby stronger towards the rest of the world. It was never intended to
take over the individual governments of each of the members.
Sonja
