Is the Double Majority Really Double? The Second Round in the Debate of the Voting Rules in the EU Constitutional Treaty

Author(s): Axel Moberg
Publisher(s): Elcano Royal Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Madrid, Spain
Date of publication: 30 May 2007
Volume number: 2007
Issue number: 23
Format: PDF
Pages: 17
URL: www.realinstitutoelcano.org
Series: Elcano Royal Institute Working Papers

Description: This paper explains the effects of the EU's double majority with cruder but more realistic methods than voting power calculations and puts them into their political context. The author gives an overview of the negotiations that led to the Constitutional Treaty, summarizes of the two existing main options and asks why the double majority changes the balance. A short comment is offered on a selection of alternative models that have figured in the discussions.

General note: © 2007 Elcano Royal Institute of International and Strategic Studies

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