EU's total population; and even though their economic output is much lower, it rises dynamically. New members' impact on … the EU policies has nevertheless been limited. This is due not only to the arcane voting rules within the EU, but also to …, they have to coordinate their voting and become a more coherent voting group than they are now …

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 …