Triple challenge. Changing the allocation of seats in the European Parliament presents a triple challenge: a) the total number of MEPs has to be reduced (from 785 to 750), a change that will make some unhappy; b) the EP “holds the nap hand”, since it can speak about the arrangements with a clear majority; the Council will agree with whatever it decides; c) the review will then have to be ratified by national parliaments.
This lets us see just how delicate and complicated the task was of...