date:Aug 16, 2013
r States approve (in some cases a two-thirds majority);
a minimum of 260 votes is cast in favour of the proposal, out of a total of 352 votes.
In addition, a Member State may ask for confirmation that the votes in favour represent at least 62 % of the total population of the Union. If this is found not to be the case, the decision will not be adopted.
Distribution of votes for each Member State
Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom 29
Spain, Poland 27
Romania 14
Netherlands 13
Belgium, Czec