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)
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That is digressive proportionality: no two countries have the same population per seat. That is possible because we are talking about millions of people. Does that explain the issue?