Seanad debates
Thursday, 10 October 2002
Address by President of the European Parliament.
I will make that more concrete by giving an example. The accession treaty for Poland after Nice will indicate to Poland that it will be able to have 50 MEPs. Why? Because Poland is the same size as Spain, which under the treaty has 50 MEPs. Having moved around at the table to make room for others, all member states' MEPs are pro rata to scale. On that one issue, will everyone agree to allow Poland have 50 MEPs or its voting weight in the Council predicated on the comparative voting weights of others, which are in the Nice treaty?
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