Practice question · Estimate
How many member states does the European Union have following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom?
Estimate on a scale from 0 states (0) to 40 states (40).
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- Fewer than thirty.
- One fewer than before the withdrawal.
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27 (answers within ±1 count)
Why
27. The figure is worth carrying because so much EU material dates from the twenty-eight-state period, and because the number sets the arithmetic of qualified majority voting in the Council, where thresholds are expressed as proportions of states and of population rather than as fixed counts.
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