A Parliament of Degressive Representativeness?

  • For the election of the European Parliament, the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe introduces an absolute novelty, degressive proportionality, while the established principle of electoral equality makes no appearance at all. The normative goals in the Treaty text, when turned into operational electoral rules, entail serious obstacles implying an unnecessary provocation of the electorate. We argue that, since nobody knows its meaning, "degressiveness" ought to be deleted from the text, while the principle of electoral equality, treasured by all Member States, should be included.

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Author:Friedrich PukelsheimGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-4118
Frontdoor URLhttps://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/510
Series (Serial Number):Preprints des Instituts für Mathematik der Universität Augsburg (2007-15)
Type:Preprint
Language:English
Publishing Institution:Universität Augsburg
Release Date:2007/05/30
Tag:European Parliament; degressive proportionality; electoral equality; electoral rules
GND-Keyword:Europäische Union; Verfassungsvertrag <Entwurf, 2004>; Europäisches Parlament; Verhältniswahl
Institutes:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Mathematik
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Mathematik / Lehrstuhl für Stochastik und ihre Anwendungen
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 51 Mathematik / 510 Mathematik