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New article by László Á. Kóczy in MDPI Games Special Issue ‘Weighted Majority Voting Games’

 

Exits from the European Union and Their Effect on Power Distribution in the Council

by Dóra Gréta Petróczy – Mark Francis Rogers and László Á. Kóczy

Games 2022, 13(1), 18

This article belongs to the Special Issue Weighted Majority Voting Games

Debates on an EU-leaving referendum arose in several member states after Brexit. We want to highlight how the exit of an additional country affects the power distribution in the Council of the European Union. We inspect the power indices of the member states both with and without the country which might leave the union. Our results show a pattern connected to a change in the number of states required to meet the 55% threshold. An exit that modifies this number benefits the countries with high population, while an exit that does not cause such a change benefits the small member states. According to our calculations, only the exit of Poland would be supported by the qualified majority of the Council. View Full-Text
 
Keywords: European Union; qualified majority voting; power index; Brexit