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The uncanny resemblance between a meeting of homeowner's and an EU summit

John Lichfield informs us that he owns a flat in Paris. "We recently attended the annual meeting at which the co-proprietaires decide how to manage the commonly owned parts of the building. ... I have covered EU summits, G8 summits, Anglo-French summits and US-Soviet summits. None seethed with poisonous undercurrents as much as a meeting of Parisian co-proprietaires. Seven people were present. An electronic calculating machine was needed to judge whether we had a quorum. By law, big spending decisions by co-owners - such as whether to buy a new letterbox - must be made by people who own at least two-thirds of the floor space.The calculator was required to work out how many square meters were at the meeting. (The EU's proposed 'double majority' formula for taking decisions in the Council of Minister seems elementary by comparison.) ... In the best tradition of European summits, it was finally conceded that no big decisions could be taken. We were 100 square metres short of a quorum. The meeting had lasted two and a half hours. Battle will be rejoined in February."

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