Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2025/2427 of 17 November 2025 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure
Date: 2025-11-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU Member State, drafting of EU law, population statistics, qualified majority, rules of procedure








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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/2427


27.11.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2025/2427
         
of 17 November 2025
         
amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,


Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 240(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


When an act is to be adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority, it has to be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 65 % of the population of the Union.












(2)


That percentage is calculated according to the population figures set out in Annex III to the Council’s Rules of Procedure (1) (the ‘Rules of Procedure’).












(3)


Article 11(6) of the Rules of Procedure provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Council is to amend the figures set out in Annex III thereto, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Union on 30 September of the preceding year.












(4)


The Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly for the year 2026.












(5)


In accordance with Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Article 240 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies to the European Atomic Energy Community,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex III to the Rules of Procedure is replaced by the following:



                           ‘ANNEX III
Figures concerning the population of the Union and the population of each Member State for implementing the provisions concerning qualified majority voting in the Council







Member State


Population


Indicative percentage of the population of the Union (%)




Germany


83 502 300 


18,47 




France


68 635 943 


15,18 




Italy


59 635 202 


13,19 




Spain


49 093 546 


10,86 




Poland


37 475 594 


8,29 




Romania


19 036 031 


4,21 




Netherlands


18 191 086 


4,02 




Belgium


11 900 123 


2,63 




Czechia


10 921 096 


2,42 




Portugal


10 749 635 


2,38 




Sweden


10 583 000 


2,34 




Greece


10 409 547 


2,30 




Hungary


9 539 502 


2,11 




Austria


9 180 000 


2,03 




Bulgaria


6 437 360 


1,42 




Denmark


5 985 790 


1,32 




Finland


5 626 971 


1,24 




Slovakia


5 456 246 


1,21 




Ireland


5 440 278 


1,20 




Croatia


3 874 350 


0,86 




Lithuania


2 890 664 


0,64 




Slovenia


2 130 850 


0,47 




Latvia


1 860 565 


0,41 




Estonia


1 369 995 


0,30 




Cyprus


982 966 


0,22 




Luxembourg


680 084 


0,15 




Malta


574 250 


0,13 




EU-27


452 162 974 


 




Threshold (65 %)


293 905 933 ’.


 








Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2026.




Done at Brussels, 17 November 2025.


For the Council


The President

M. BJERRE
            





(1)  Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council’s Rules of Procedure (OJ L 325, 11.12.2009, p. 35, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2009/937/oj).


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2427/oj
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