The Proposal of Allocation of Seats in the European Parliament – The Shifted Root

The issue of allocation of seats in the European Parliament among the Member States of the EU has been the subject of several studies and proposals of algorithms of allocation. The rejection by the Parliament of the Cambridge Compromise means that the issue is still pertinent. This article presents a new method of forming the composition of the EP based on the well-known algorithms of Pukelsheim and Ramirez, called the shifted root. The composition of the Parliament obtained with the use of this method is also given, followed by a discussion of the results.