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MEPs. The “pragmatic” solution was the only possible one (Trzaskowski)

(BRUSSELS2) The question of a new distribution of the number of MEPs per country did not give rise to much debate in the European Parliament during the last plenary session in March. The Gualtiari - Trzaskowski report was thus adopted without firing a shot with 536 votes for, 111 against and 44 abstentions. This is to ensure European representation for Croatia without fundamentally disrupting the representation of other countries. B2 met one of the two rapporteurs, the Polish EPP member, Rafal Trzaskowski. Perfect French speaker, it is difficult to go up to him on the institutional questions. " This is the subject of my thesis, the dynamics of constitutional reform he explains. " I was present at the meeting in Cambridge where the famous "Cambridge compromise" was drawn up, which evokes a mathematical rule for allocating seats ". But Rafal Trzaskowski defends the compromise approved by Parliament. " It is not true to say that it is against the Treaty “He explains in particular before detailing the various options considered which ultimately led to this “pragmatic” solution, the least bad of the solutions. If there is reform, he believes that it must take place within a more general framework of institutional reform. " It is not possible to discuss the reform of one institution without reviewing the functioning of the others “he believes. If representation is more proportional in Parliament, consideration should be given to having an equal vote per country in the Council.

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Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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