eurovision contest for london
Last Updated : GMT 09:07:40
Egypt Today, egypt today
Egypt Today, egypt today
Last Updated : GMT 09:07:40
Egypt Today, egypt today

Based regulators

'Eurovision' contest for London

Egypt Today, egypt today

Egypt Today, egypt today 'Eurovision' contest for London

Moving abroad from its current headquarters
Brussels - AFP

Things are rarely simple in the EU's complex bureaucracy, but the procedure for choosing new host cities for two London-based regulatory agencies after Brexit is one of its most fiendish inventions yet.

European affairs ministers will decide the new locations of the European Medical Agency (EMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) in a secret ballot on Monday after months of campaigning by candidate cities.

The 27 member states -- without Britain -- will vote in several rounds using a points system that has been compared to a less glamorous version of the Eurovision Song Contest finals.

It promises to be bitterly fought, and long.

"I fear we are going to have to order in sandwiches," a European source said, predicting a vote that would stretch into Monday night.

The ministers will decide on the medical agency first, for which 23 cities have put forward their names, followed by the banking regulator, for which there are eight candidates. 

Some cities have applied for both, and if one of those scoops the EMA, it will have to withdraw its candidacy for the other. 

For the vote, each state will have six points to award: three for its first choice, two for the second choice, and one for the third -- much like the Eurovision competition although without the famous 'nul points' option.

 

- Mutual backscratching -

 

With much tactical voting and mutual backscratching likely to be involved, the vote will be sensitive, so ballots will be secret and the number of votes for each city will not be revealed.

If a city is the first choice of at least 14 countries -- a majority of the 27 EU states -- it will be named the new host of that agency outright. 

If not, there will be a second round of voting, but this time with each member state having only one point to award, to its first choice. Again, the winner must get 14 votes.

Should there still be no clear winner then there will be a third and final round -- a run off between the two candidate cities with the most votes, although in theory there could be more than two if some cities are tied. 

Again, the runoff vote will be with one vote per country.

In case there is a tie at the end of this third round, the winner will be decided by a draw.

One reason that the vote may take a long time is that there will be breaks between each round.

"The ministers can contact their capitals to get advice on how to vote for the next round," a diplomatic source said

egypttoday
egypttoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

eurovision contest for london eurovision contest for london



GMT 09:23 2019 Friday ,30 August

Testing

GMT 17:09 2017 Friday ,29 December

At least 14 dead in Mumbai fire

GMT 13:44 2017 Thursday ,21 December

Nine-time champion Loeb set for 2018 cameo

GMT 13:08 2017 Tuesday ,26 September

Bahrain's aluminum industry thriving, manned by 12,184

GMT 08:50 2017 Sunday ,03 December

Reza Zarrab, the star witness unnerving Ankara

GMT 18:26 2018 Friday ,14 December

Mashrou’ Leila headline Apple event in Dubai

GMT 12:35 2018 Thursday ,01 November

UN chief appoints new special envoy for Syria

GMT 12:41 2016 Friday ,09 December

Blatter blasts Infantino over lack of respect

GMT 03:22 2011 Thursday ,05 May

The Leela Palace New Delhi opens

GMT 10:13 2015 Saturday ,03 January

Fashion East reveals AW15 men's presentation line-up

GMT 13:24 2017 Sunday ,13 August

Plane makes emergency landing at Cairo airport

GMT 11:06 2016 Thursday ,15 September

WADA urges Russia to stop doping hacks

GMT 14:05 2014 Thursday ,18 December

Airbnb in Amsterdam tourist tax deal, first in Europe

GMT 09:26 2016 Monday ,29 August

Egypt seeks tougher penalties

GMT 09:08 2018 Wednesday ,10 January

Federer eyes fresh 'fairytale' as Slam rivals struggle
 
 Egypt Today Facebook,egypt today facebook  Egypt Today Twitter,egypt today twitter Egypt Today Rss,egypt today rss  Egypt Today Youtube,egypt today youtube  Egypt Today Youtube,egypt today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday
egypttoday egypttoday egypttoday
egypttoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
egypttoday, Egypttoday, Egypttoday