How can the EU Member States have a fair representation in the Council?

Question

How can the EU Member States have a fair representation in the Council?

Answer 1

It seems to me that they do have.  

It's pretty much standard for federal or confederal systems to have bicameral legislatures, with the number of representatives in the lower-house being equal to each member's share of the total population, and the upper-house having equal representation for each member.  The EU emulates traditional models in a lot of ways and this is one example of that:  Each member state elects a number of representatives to the European Parliament (MEPs) based on population size, but the Council of Ministers has one seat per member state.  That seems perfectly fair and resonable, otherwise smaller states would be completely overwhelmed by large ones and in truth the EU would be transformed from a union of equal member states to a single conglomerate entity.

As for the European Commission it seems obvious that there just isn't a need for 27 commissioners, so some member-states have to miss out.  rotation is maybe fair enough, although I wouldn't mind if the President of the Commission was allowed to appoint whomever he/she felt best suited, allowing more than one commissioner from any one country.