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Blair Backers Get Shrill [UPDATE] | 52 comments (52 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Against 14
Austria 10
Luxembourg 4

Unlikely 137
Belgium 12
Finland 7
Germany 29
Greece 12
Netherlands 13
Poland 27
Spain 27
Sweden 10

Likely 14
Denmark 7
Ireland 7

For 58
Italy 29
United Kingdom 29

Unknown 122
Cyprus 4
Czech Republic 12
Bulgaria 10
Estonia 4
France 29
Hungary 12
Latvia 4
Lithuania 7
Malta 3
Portugal 12
Romania 14
Slovakia 7
Slovenia 4

Total 345

Needed to win: 255 votes from 18 different states and 62% of the population
Blocking minorities consist of: 111 votes or 10 member states or 39% of the population.

Blair seems to be far away from his goal.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Oct 15th, 2009 at 08:46:10 AM EST
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Lisbon voting weights? (none / 1)

Are you using the right voting weights? I thought Germany would have more votes under Lisbon?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu Oct 15th, 2009 at 08:51:28 AM EST
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Re: Lisbon voting weights? (none / 1)

See upthread, this is from the "protocols" to the consolidated treaty.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Oct 15th, 2009 at 09:05:57 AM EST
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Re: Lisbon voting weights? (none / 0)

IIRC this was originally a concession to Poland.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Thu Oct 15th, 2009 at 09:47:47 AM EST
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Re: Lisbon voting weights? (none / 0)

Heh, I completely missed that the PotEC would be a QMV post. Well, that makes our coverage more interesting.

Poland got the new voting weights postponed to 2014, or something.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Thu Oct 15th, 2009 at 10:07:52 AM EST
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Re: Blair scorecard (none / 0)

Migeru:

Blocking minorities consist of: 111 votes

Erm... make that 91.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Oct 15th, 2009 at 10:13:27 AM EST
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