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To: PapaBear3625

The problem with the Dutch system, is that coalitions can always get around Geert, because he’s not going to get 50 percent of the seats. Probably the only way it would happen is if Geert is the senior partner.


12 posted on 07/20/2010 5:12:18 PM PDT by BenKenobi (We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. -Silent Cal)
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To: BenKenobi
The Dutch Parliament has 150 seats. You need 75 or more seats in your coalition to govern. Geert has 24, with polls showing he would get 35 if the elections were redone today.

On the basis of the June elections, they are able to ignore Geert. If they are unable to form a government and elections must be redone, then Geert would be the driver's seat. In a new election, the Christian Democrats would be in trouble, because the people would see them as unwilling to join any coalition. CD voters would then have to pick another party for their vote to be meaningful, either go Labor or go Geert.

13 posted on 07/20/2010 5:32:35 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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