The contributions and the weightings should be confirmed

The voting weights shall be calculated from the national commitments according to a square root rule.

Chosen by 27 member states by qualified majority vote

The World Bank and the IMF have adopted a weighted system of voting.

The earlier amending treaties had established a system of vote weighting.

(The World Bank and the IMF have adopted a weighted system of voting.

The central point at issue is the weighting of the votes in the Council of Ministers.

Source: Conference of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States Presidency note – IGC 2000 – Weightings of votes in the Council, CONFER 4745/00.

Contribution from the Italian delegation on the weightings of votes in the Council (16 June 2000)

There will be a new weighting of the votes ranging from 3 to 29 (instead of 2 to 10 at present) in the Council.

It abolishes the weighting of votes and establishes a dual majority system for adopting decisions.

Elsewhere on this site is a page making suggestions about the basis of the weighted voting.

Spain and Poland want to stick to a system of weighted votes agreed in the 2000 Nice Treaty.

It gives preference to the representation of smaller EU states and thus corresponds to the weighting of votes in the Council of the European Union.

It abolishes the weighting of votes and establishes a dual majority system for adopting decisions.