The European Parliament: Status Quo Vs. Degressive Proportionality

Table 2:

Country	Population	Seats	Difference	Ratio	Seats	Difference	Ratio
		(step1)		pop./sets	(step 2)		pop./seats
		(step1)		(step 1)	(step 2)		(step 2)
Malta	416110	6		69352	6		69352
Luxembourg	524853	6		87476	6		87476
Cyprus	862011	6		143669	6		143669
Estonia	1339662	6		223277	6		223277
Latvia	2041763	7	minus 2	291680	8	minus 1	255220
Slovenia	2055496	7	minus 1	293642	8		256937
Lithuania	3007758	9	minus 3	334195	11	minus 1	273433
Croatia	4398150	11	minus 1	399832	11	minus 1	399832
Ireland	4582769	11	minus 1	416615	11	minus 1	416615
Finland	5401267	13		415482	13		415482
Slovakia	5404322	13		415717	13		415717
Denmark	5580516	13		429270	13		429270
Bulgaria	7327224	17	minus 1	431013	17	minus 1	431013
Austria	8443018	19		444369	19		444369
Sweden	9482855	19	minus 1	499098	19	minus 1	499098
Hungary	9957731	19	minus 3	524091	21	minus 1	474178
Czech Rep.	10505445	20	minus 2	525272	21	minus 1	500259
Portugal	10541840	20	minus 2	527092	21	minus 1	501992
Belgium	11041266	20	minus 2	552063	21	minus 1	525775
Greece	11290935	20	minus 2	564547	21	minus 1	537664
Netherlands	16730348	26		643475	26		643475
Romania	21355849	31	minus 2	688898	32	minus 1	667370
Poland	38538447	51		755656	51		755656
Spain	46196276	57	plus 3	810461	54		855487
Italy	60820764	74	plus 1	821902	73		833161
UK	62989550	76	plus 3	828810	73		862871
France	65397912	78	plus 4	838435	74		883756
Germany	81843743	96	minus 3	852539	96	minus 3	852539

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