I carry out a power analysis of changes in voting weights and rules in the Nice Treaty of the EU on the widening and … voting power of small countries makes widening of integration more acceptable to incumbent members due to small size of the …

This paper deals with the design of voting rules in the EU Council. Both internal and external impact of the voting … power relations between the main decision-making bodies in the EU. One of the main lessons of the analysis is that voting … rules matter. This clearly explains why the design of Council voting rules has required so much bargaining and cumbersome …

This article deals with the design of voting rules in the European Union (EU) Council. Both internal and external … impact of the voting rules are examined. Internal impact affects the distribution of power among the Member States, and … analysis is that voting rules matter. This clearly explains why the design of Council voting rules has required so much …

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