Degressive proportionality – source, findings and discussion of the cambridge compromise

• Authors: Dniestrzański Piotr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The principle of degressive proportionality in relation to the division of indivisible goods in the past few years – especially since the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon – has been one of the topics frequently appearing in studies of economists, mathematicians, lawyers and people involved in politics. It combines a purely theoretical and easily definable question with a very important practical problem that concerns primarily members of the European Union and countries aspiring to become one. The article shall include a debate and discussion of the findings of the Cambridge Compromise concerning proposals to solve the problem of allocating seats in the European Parliament.

Keywords

EN

degressive proportionality; European Parliament; Cambridge Compromise,; Treaty of Lisbon

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Mathematical Economics
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 7 (14)
• Pages: 39-50

Contributors

author

Dniestrzański Piotr

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