Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "EU Elections: Why the Left Did Surprisingly Well in the Nordics" video.
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@janl5879
Well, France and Germany combined have 177 of the total 720 seats in the EU parliament.
While definitely important nations they're not nearly strong enough to define EU politics alone anymore.
France and Germany combined have more seats then the smallest 16 countries combined out of 27 countries in the EU.
Given that the EU elections are proportional that means that those seats are never unified behind just one or two parties, but spread among multiple parties.
That in turn means that smaller nations easily can become king makers tripping the balance of power.
But other countries like Italy, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands all have enough seats to significantly influence too.
Italy, Spain and Poland combined have more seats then Germany and France does combined.
And the Nordic countries are far from the countries with the fewest seats, Sweden have 21, that's nothing to sneeze at, and more then enough to have a significant influence on the EU.
And the Nordics combined have 51 seats right now.
That's almost as much as Polands 53.
And remember, Italy, Spain and Poland combined have more seats then Germany and France.
Meaning that the Nordics + Italy and Spain would have more seats combined then Germany and France combined.
In politics you need to find allies and cooperate with others to get results.
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