Aspecte si variante ale sistemului de vot in Consiliul Uniunii Europene

Abstract

The article compares the three variants of vote systems for the Council of the European Union: qualified majority, double majority and the "square root" vote system, proposed by Poland. Actually, the paper analyses the conflict between Poland and the other states of the Europea Union concerning these three possibilities of vote system and how this conflict was illustrated by the European media. The article proposes to see which vote system is more suitable for the European Union and which are the political interests of the members in this problem and to underline the position of the states, the experts and the public opinion concerning this theme.