31.   Under EU voting rules, Germany would need the support of one other big member state and two smaller countries if it decides to try and block the reprimand.

32.   Under the voting rules, all campaign rallies and processions must end by Saturday afternoon.

33.   Under the voting rules, all campaign rallies and processions must end by Saturday midnight.

34.   Under voting rules, all campaigning was to end at midnight Saturday, completing a month of uncertainty, mudslinging and violence.

35.   Under complex EU voting rules, Germany would need support from two or three other countries to block a decision Monday.

36.   Under complex EU voting rules, Germany would need support of only two or three other countries to block any relaxation.

37.   Delegates to the talks said the two sides are bickering over voting rules for choosing the fifth councillor.

38.   Under the old voting rules the opposition needed only an overall majority of the votes cast, regardless of abstentions.

39.   They also relaxed voting rules to allow people not on the electoral lists to vote provided they had a Croatian identity card.

40.   Under Senate voting rules, Berlusconi needs a majority of the Senators present, not of all the seats in the chamber.