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Weighted Decision Making Model

Larger Countries

E.U. Major Countries	Population	Non – E.U. Country	Population*
Germany	82.0 Million	Russian Federation	146.4 million
United Kingdom	59.1 Million	Turkey	65.6 million
France	59.0 Million
Italy	57.5 Million	Ukraine	49.8 million
Spain	39.2 Million	Poland	38.6 million

* Source: “World Factbook 1999”

Weighted Decision-Making Principle

Geometrically Progressive Band Width of Population Range	Width of Range	No. of Votes
Between 68 million and 107.9 million	40 million	6
Between 38 million and 67.9 million	30 million	4
Between 18 million and 37.9 million	20 million	3
Between 8 million and 17.9 million	10 million	2
Between .3 million and 7.9 million	7.6 million	1

All Countries in Europe

Votes	Commissioners	E.U. Country	Populationª	Non - E. U. Country	Populationª
6	Two	Germany	82.0 million	Russian Federation	146,4 million
4	Two	United Kingdom	59.1 million	Turkey	65.6 million
4	Two	France	59.0 million
4	Two	Italy	57.5 million	Ukraine	49.8 million
4	Two	Spain	39.2 million	Poland	38.6 million

		Sub- Total	296.8 million	Sub-total	300.4 million

2	One	Netherlands	15.6 million	Romania	22.5 million
2	One	Belgium	10.2 million	Yugoslavia	10.6 million
2	One	Greece	10.6 million	Belorussia	10.3 million
2	One	Portugal	9.9 million	Czech Republic	10.3 million
2	One	Sweden	8.9 million	Hungary	10.1 million
2	One	Austria	8.1 million	Bulgaria	8.6 million
1	One	Denmark	5.3 million	Switzerland	7.3 million
1	One	Finland	5.2 million	Slovakia	5.4 million
1	One	Ireland	3.7 million	Croatia	4.5 million
1	One	Luxembourg	.42 million	Norway	4.4 million
1	One			Slovenia	2.0 million
1	One			Estonia	1.5 million

		Sub- Totals	51.2 million	Sub- Totals	97.5 million
		Grand Totals	374.2 million		397.9 million

* Estimated Population figures as of July 1999. Source: Global Statistics

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