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Germany utilizes a proportionate parliamentary system and the level of consensus building is supposed to happen at the party level. People express their party p
by Barrin92 5y ago
Germany utilizes a proportionate parliamentary system and the level of consensus building is supposed to happen at the party level. People express their party preferences, and coalitions are going to produce governments that can legislate. The German chancellor does not tower over policy. You're primarily voting for a party, not a person. Even more so in Scandinavia, where minority governments are common.
This is not really comparable to the largely antagonistic two party system of the UK (or the US) where conflict between individuals and leader figures feature so heavily.
- sweezyjeezy 5y agoSounds nice :b
- mytailorisrich 5y ago> You're primarily voting for a party, not a person. It's the same in the UK and in both cases the party leader is in charge. One key difference is that the UK's political landscape is bi-partite so coalitions are usually not needed. The voting system in the UK is also designed to produce a clear majority in Parliament in order to allow for a stable and effective government (by 'effective' I am able to implement its policies, i.e. to legislate).