INSTITUTIONAL / Council of the eu

In light of Brexit, revision of population weighting data of Member States to obtain a qualified majority

Brussels, 16/12/2019 (Agence Europe)

In order to comply with the Brexit requirement, on Monday 16 December the EU Council adopted a decision amending the EU Council's Rules of Procedure for the year 2020 on qualified majority voting.

In a qualified majority vote, the Member States constituting that majority must represent at least 65% of the population of the Union. In anticipation of the departure of 66,647,112 British - or 12.96% of the EU population - the weight of each Member State had to be reviewed.

The adopted decision...