Under the voting rules of the Nice treaty, in force until 2014, Visegrad countries have as many votes in the EU as France and Germany combined.

在尼斯条约(有效期到2014年)投票制度下Visegrad集团4国在欧盟中拥有的总票席与法国和德国的总票席是一样多的。

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Irish voters rejected the Treaty of Nice narrowly in 2001, but a year later a second referendum was held and the Yes camp won.

BBC: Q&A: Irish treaty referendum

That means that under the recent treaty of Nice it actually gains members - there would be more members of the European parliament in the future.

BBC: The future of Europe: Justin Webb quizzed

Moreover, all the legal and institutional arrangements needed to cope with enlargement were, in fact, settled by the Treaty of Nice, which was agreed less than three years ago.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne