Table 2.6 Denmark: the more than proportional representation of a small country in the European Community

	Denmark		Germany
Population as percentage of the EC total	1.58		18.83
GNP as percentage of the EC total	2.04		26.29
Institutions of the EC and number of seats/votes:	Total	As percentage of all EC countries	Total seats	As percentage of all EC countries
Commission (17 seats)	1	5.9	2	11.8
Council of Ministers (12 seats with 76 votes)	3	3.5	10	13.2
Parliament (518 seats)	16	3.1	81	15.6
Economic and social policy committee (189 seats)	9	4.8	24	12.7

Source: Schweizer Lexikon, Mengis und Ziehr (Luzern, 1991).