In article , harry
wrote:
On Saturday, 12 March 2016 18:19:19 UTC, michael adams wrote:
"harry" wrote in message
... .

With one vote in 28 we have no influence on where the EUSSR is going.

That's on the Council of Ministers.

But the same applies equally well to very other country as well.

In the European Parliament which has the power to reject any measure
proposed by the Commission the UK has 73 members out a total of 751
which reflects the fact that the UK has 9.7% of the population.

Numbers for the other countries are shown below.

As with all politics, to have any influence you have to make alliances.
Usually everyone hates the Chermans, so if the UK gangs up with the
French, the Italians or the Poles, then the UK has a good chance of
being on the winning side.

However only an idiot would expect the others to roll over, without a
bit of the old quid pro quo.

That's how politics works at every level.



Germany 96 (12.8%) France 74 (9.9%) Italy 73 (9.7%) United Kingdom
73 (9.7%) Spain 54 (7.2%) Poland 51 (6.8%) Romania 32 (4.3%)
Netherlands 26 (3.5%) Belgium 21 (2.8%) Czech Republic 21 (2.8%)
Greece 21 (2.8%) Hungary 21 (2.8%) Portugal 21 (2.8%) Sweden 20
(2.7%) Austria 18 (2.4%) Bulgaria 17 (2.3%) Denmark 13 (1.7%)
Finland 13 (1.7%) Slovakia 13 (1.7%) Croatia 11 (1.5%) Ireland 11
(1.5%) Lithuania 11 (1.5%) Latvia 8 (1.1%) Slovenia 8 (1.1%) Cyprus
6 (0.8%) Estonia 6 (0.8%) Luxembourg 6 (0.8%) Malta 6 (0.8%)


Many are brain dead ex-commie basket cases who think of nothing more then
central control.

Have you been to any of these countries in recent years?

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from KT24 in Surrey, England