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(132) Likewise, the Lisbon Treaty of 2007 aimed to make the union ready for future enlargements and here, in particular, the integration of Turkey which by the time of accession might be the EU’s most populous country. Again, as with Nice, the number of MEPs was capped (at 750) and a new voting system was designed for the Council of Ministers. Still, these much needed institutional adjustments took nearly a decade to negotiate, while the new voting system in the Council of Ministers will only be used from 2014 on; a full ten years after the bigbang enlargement of 2004 that took EU membership to twenty-five.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 03:52:40 +0000

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