Luxembourg in the Early Days of the EEC: Null Player or Not?

Luxembourg in the Early Days of the EEC: Null Player or Not?

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Voters whose yes-or-no decision never makes a difference 402 to the outcome in a simple voting game are known as “null players”.Luxembourg’s role in the Council of Ministers during the first period of the European Economic Community (EEC) is often cited as a real-world case.The paper contrasts the textbook claim that Luxembourg was a null player with a more comprehensive picture of Luxembourg’s role in EEC’s voting system.

The assessment of Computer Data Luxembourg’s voting power is sensitive to the role played by the European Commission in the decision-making procedure and the measurement concepts underlying power evaluations.