HC Deb 09 January 2001 vol 360 cc512-3W
Miss Begg

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on vote reweighting in the European Union following the European Council at Nice. [142875]

Mr. Robin Cook

[pursuant to his reply, 14 December 2000, c. 226W]: The Nice IGC agreed that on 1 January 2005 member states' votes in the Council would be re-weighted according to the following table.

Current weighting From 2005
Germany 10 29
UK 10 29
France 10 29
Italy 10 29
Spain 8 27
Poland — 27

Current weighting From 2005
Romania — 14
Netherlands 5 13
Greece 5 12
Czech Republic — 12
Belgium 5 12
Hungary — 12
Portugal 5 12
Sweden 4 10
Bulgaria — 10
Austria 4 10
Slovakia — 7
Denmark 3 7
Finland 3 7
Lithuania — 7
Ireland 3 7
Latvia — 4
Slovenia — 4
Estonia — 4
Cyprus — 4
Luxembourg 2 4
Malta — 3
Total 87 345