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Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2025/2427 of 17 November 2025 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2025/2427 of 17 November 2025 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

Decision (EU, Euratom) 2025/2427 · Decision · 2 articles

Data as of 2026-07-04 · Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Article 1

Annex III to the Rules of Procedure is replaced by the following: ‘ANNEX III Figures concerning the population of the Union and the population of each Member State for implementing the provisions concerning qualified majority voting in the Council Member State Population Indicative percentage of the population of the Union (%) Germany 83 502 300 18,47 France 68 635 943 15,18 Italy 59 635 202 13,19 Spain 49 093 546 10,86 Poland 37 475 594 8,29 Romania 19 036 031 4,21 Netherlands 18 191 086 4,02 Belgium 11 900 123 2,63 Czechia 10 921 096 2,42 Portugal 10 749 635 2,38 Sweden 10 583 000 2,34 Greece 10 409 547 2,30 Hungary 9 539 502 2,11 Austria 9 180 000 2,03 Bulgaria 6 437 360 1,42 Denmark 5 985 790 1,32 Finland 5 626 971 1,24 Slovakia 5 456 246 1,21 Ireland 5 440 278 1,20 Croatia 3 874 350 0,86 Lithuania 2 890 664 0,64 Slovenia 2 130 850 0,47 Latvia 1 860 565 0,41 Estonia 1 369 995 0,30 Cyprus 982 966 0,22 Luxembourg 680 084 0,15 Malta 574 250 0,13 EU-27 452 162 974 Threshold (65 %) 293 905 933 ’.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . It shall apply from 1 January 2026.

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