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The allocation between the EU member states of the seats in the European Parliament Cambridge Compromise

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  • Geoffrey Grimmett

    (Centre for Mathematical Sciences - CAM - University of Cambridge [UK])

  • Jean-François Laslier

    (X-DEP-ECO - Département d'Économie de l'École Polytechnique - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris)

  • Friedrich Pukelsheim

    (Institut for Mathematik - UNIA - Universität Augsburg [Deutschland] = University of Augsburg [Germany] = Université d'Augsburg [Allemagne])

  • Victoriano Ramirez Gonzalez

    (Departement Matematica Aplicada - Universidad de Grenada)

  • Richard J. Rose

    (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [Montréal] - McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada])

  • Wojciech Slomczynski

    (Jagrellonian University - Jagrellonian University)

  • Martin Zachariasen

    (DIKU - Department of Computer Science [Copenhagen] - Faculty of Science [Copenhagen] - UCPH - University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet)

  • Karol Życzkowski

    (Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej - PAN - Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences = Académie polonaise des sciences, Institute of Physics - UJ - Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie = Jagiellonian University)

Abstract

This Note contains the recommendation for a mathematical basis for the apportionment of the seats in the European Parliament between the Member States of the European Union. This is the unanimous recommendation of the Participants in the Cambridge Apportionment Meeting, held at the instigation of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, on 28-29 January 2011.

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  • Geoffrey Grimmett & Jean-François Laslier & Friedrich Pukelsheim & Victoriano Ramirez Gonzalez & Richard J. Rose & Wojciech Slomczynski & Martin Zachariasen & Karol Życzkowski, 2011. "The allocation between the EU member states of the seats in the European Parliament Cambridge Compromise," Working Papers hal-00609946, HAL.
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    1. Victoriano Ramírez & Antonio Palomares & Maria L. Márquez, 2006. "Degressively Proportional Methods for the Allotment of the European Parliament Seats Amongst the EU Member States," Studies in Choice and Welfare, in: Bruno Simeone & Friedrich Pukelsheim (ed.), Mathematics and Democracy, pages 205-220, Springer.
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    1. Grimmett, G.R. & Oelbermann, K.-F. & Pukelsheim, F., 2012. "A power-weighted variant of the EU27 Cambridge Compromise," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 63(2), pages 136-140.
    2. G. R. Grimmett & F. Pukelsheim & V. Ram'irez Gonz'alez & W. S{l}omczy'nski & K. .Zyczkowski, 2017. "A 700-seat no-loss composition for the 2019 European Parliament," Papers 1710.03820, arXiv.org.
    3. Markus Brill & Jean-François Laslier & Piotr Skowron, 2018. "Multiwinner approval rules as apportionment methods," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 30(3), pages 358-382, July.
    4. Piotr Dniestrzański & Janusz Łyko, 2015. "The Disproportion Of Allocation Under The Given Boundary Conditions," Economy & Business Journal, International Scientific Publications, Bulgaria, vol. 9(1), pages 118-126.
    5. Kellermann, Thomas, 2012. "The minimum-based procedure: A principled way to allocate seats in the European Parliament," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 63(2), pages 102-106.
    6. Laslier, Jean-François, 2012. "Why not proportional?," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 63(2), pages 90-93.
    7. Grimmett, Geoffrey R., 2012. "European apportionment via the Cambridge Compromise," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 63(2), pages 68-73.
    8. Słomczyński, Wojciech & Życzkowski, Karol, 2012. "Mathematical aspects of degressive proportionality," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 63(2), pages 94-101.
    9. Serafini, Paolo, 2012. "Allocation of the EU Parliament seats via integer linear programming and revised quotas," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 63(2), pages 107-113.
    10. Katarzyna Cegielka & Piotr Dniestrzanski & Arkadiusz Maciuk & Maciej Szczecinski, 2022. "The Implications of Possible Enlargements of the European Union for the Configuration of Power in the European Parliament," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(2), pages 145-159.

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