While regretting the abandonment of the compromise arrived at by the Convention, it should be borne in mind that the solution ultimately adopted was chosen after a hard-fought battle among the Member States, the purpose of which was not always entirely clear: the impact of a few percentage points more or less on the relative degree of influence of each Member State in the voting system obscured the fact that in reality, coalitions between Member States are subject to change and are quite contingent - how many times has a decision been marked by a division between all the 'large' Member States on the one hand and all the 'small' Member States on the other?
Nožēlojot atteikšanos no kompromisa, ko panāca Konvents, jāatceras, ka galu galā risinājums tika pieņemts pēc smagas cīņas starp dalībvalstīm, kuras mērķis nebija pilnīgi skaidrs – pāris procentu ietekme uz salīdzinoši nelielu dalībvalstu ietekmes palielināšanu vēlēšanu sistēmā aizēnoja faktu, ka šīs debates bija saistītas ar politiskām realitātēm un ka dalībvalstu koalīcijas bija tās, kurām bija jāmainās, jo tās bija diezgan nosacītas – cik daudz reižu lēmumus iespaidoja dalījums starp visām 'lielajām' dalībvalstīm no vienas puses un visām 'mazajām' dalībvalstīm no otras puses?