Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion

3:00 pm

Photo of Dominic HanniganDominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

May I explain? Among the 28 countries, as will be the case from July, the country with the most seats has a greater population per seat than the next country down. For example, for the country with the greatest number of seats, which is Germany, there could be one seat for every 800,000 people; the next country down - the UK or whatever - could have one seat per 798,000 people, and it will go all the way down to Malta, at the bottom, which has one seat for every-----

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