1Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2025/2427 of 17 November 2025 amending the Council’s Rules of Procedure

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 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). (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:

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

Annex

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 StatePopulationIndicative percentage of the population of the Union (%)Germany8350230018,47France6863594315,18Italy5963520213,19Spain4909354610,86Poland374755948,29Romania190360314,21Netherlands181910864,02Belgium119001232,63Czechia109210962,42 Portugal107496352,38Sweden105830002,34Greece104095472,30Hungary95395022,11Austria91800002,03Bulgaria64373601,42Denmark59857901,32Finland56269711,24Slovakia54562461,21Ireland54402781,20Croatia38743500,86Lithuania28906640,64Slovenia21308500,47Latvia18605650,41Estonia13699950,30Cyprus9829660,22Luxembourg6800840,15Malta5742500,13EU-27452162974Threshold (65 %)293905933.