XPost: soc.culture.british, soc.culture.europe, soc.culture.netherlands   
   From: jan@nospam.org   
      
   Pete Hine wrote:   
      
   > A united Europe is probably a good thing, but not as it is proposed;   
   > representation in Brussels per country's population is unfair, the smaller   
   > nations are just bystander without any input. The just way is 25 countries,   
   > 25 votes; with perhaps a 60% acceptance vote; 15 out of 25 carries.   
      
   So you believe that it is fair to have the vote of Malta carry as much   
   weight as that of Germany?   
   The alternative to have both, as it is in the US system: A House of   
   Representatives with representation proportional to population, and a   
   Senate with 2 Senators/country   
   As it is the weight of the different countries is somewhat of a mystery,   
   see: http://europa.eu.int/constitution/en/ptoc129_en.htm   
      
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