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It's going to vote soon. It isn't just "decided" at the EU level, there is a vote. Voting power is proportional to EU citizenship and to pass it needs a superma
by nixgeek 3y ago
It's going to vote soon. It isn't just "decided" at the EU level, there is a vote. Voting power is proportional to EU citizenship and to pass it needs a supermajority. It's not just Finland which opposes this either (they have a small population - 5.6M citizens). Larger countries like Germany (83M citizens) also oppose it but I also don't think they've quite so clearly stated they will vote against.
Austria (9.1M) and Estonia (1.4M) are also mentioned and if they all vote "No", that is a bit over 99M people which is only 22% of EU citizens. So not enough to prevent it passing. No idea where the rest of the EU bloc sits on Yes/No, I'm hoping it does *not* pass.
Quoting from the translation where they explain how it works:
"EU countries will vote on the proposal at the end of October. At that time, the proposal will go through, if it is not opposed by a number of countries representing a total of at least 35 percent of EU citizens."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Union_member_states_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Union_member_...
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