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Voting Power under the EU Constitution

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  • Jan-Erik Lane
  • Reinert Mæland

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Decision making rules in the EU Council of Ministers need to be revised in light of enlargements since 1958. Under the qualified majority rules, the more countries join, the less the voting power of the large states, leading necessarily to coalition-building process, two possible examples of which are described. The situation would be less paradoxical if the EU were to adopt a single rule, the simple majority vote.

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  • Jan-Erik Lane & Reinert Mæland, 1995. "Voting Power under the EU Constitution," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 7(2), pages 223-230, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jothpo:v:7:y:1995:i:2:p:223-230
    DOI: 10.1177/0951692895007002007
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    Cited by:

    1. Matthew Braham & Manfred J. Holler, 2005. "The Impossibility of a Preference-Based Power Index," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 17(1), pages 137-157, January.
    2. Geoffrey Garrett & George Tsebelis, 1999. "Why Resist the Temptation to Apply Power Indices to the European Union?," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 11(3), pages 291-308, July.
    3. Bernard Steunenberg & Dieter Schmidtchen & Christian Koboldt, 1999. "Strategic Power in the European Union," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 11(3), pages 339-366, July.
    4. Dan S. Felsenthal & Moshé Machover, 2001. "Myths and Meanings of Voting Power," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 13(1), pages 81-97, January.

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