The allocation between the EU member states of the seats in the European Parliament Cambridge Compromise

Geoffrey Grimmett (1) , Jean-François Laslier (2) , Friedrich Pukelsheim (3) , Victoriano Ramirez Gonzalez (4) , Richard J. Rose (5) , Wojciech Slomczynski (6) , Martin Zachariasen (7) , Karol Życzkowski (8, 9)

1 Centre for Mathematical Sciences
2 X-DEP-ECO - Département d'Économie de l'École Polytechnique
3 Institut for Mathematik
4 Departement Matematica Aplicada
5 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering [Montréal]
6 Jagrellonian University
7 DIKU - Department of Computer Science [Copenhagen]
8 Centrum Fizyki Teoretycznej
9 Institute of Physics

This Note contains the recommendation for a mathematical basis for the apportionment of the seats in the European Parliament between the Member States of the European Union. This is the unanimous recommendation of the Participants in the Cambridge Apportionment Meeting, held at the instigation of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, on 28-29 January 2011.

Mots clés: Proportional Representation; degressive proportionality; apportionment; European Parliament. Classification

Domaines: Science politique; Economies et finances

Geoffrey Grimmett, Jean-François Laslier, Friedrich Pukelsheim, Victoriano Ramirez Gonzalez, Richard J. Rose, et al.. The allocation between the EU member states of the seats in the European Parliament Cambridge Compromise. 2011. ⟨hal-00609946⟩