Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - the only ex-soviet member states - sure as hell have way more say in the EU than they did when they weren't even countries unde

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - the only ex-soviet member states - sure as hell have way more say in the EU than they did when they weren't even countries under USSR. Those older people are deluded. Not only do they each have 1/28th of the vote in the Council, they are over-represented in the Parliament. Those folks you mentioned probably don't even realize they have the right to vote for local representatives in the European Parliament. In fact, look at population per MEP: State Pop MEPs Pop/MEP Influence Malta 0.4 5 80,800 10.30 Cyprus 0.77 6 127,667 6.52 Estonia 1.34 6 224,000 3.72 Lithuania 3.4 12 283,583 2.94 Slovenia 2 7 286,143 2.91 Latvia 2.3 8 286,875 2.90 .... Germany 82.43 99 832,606 1.00 UK 60.64 72 839,194 0.99 France 62.89 72 873,417 0.95 Spain 43.76 50 875,160 0.9