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I life in Finland, and we have a well working multi-party system. But we have no notable parties in the "Libertarian" corner of the Nolan chart [1]. Every now a
by sampo 13y ago
I life in Finland, and we have a well working multi-party system. But we have no notable parties in the "Libertarian" corner of the Nolan chart [1]. Every now and then someone tries, but they never manage to secure over 5% of votes, get maybe 1 or 3 representatives in the parliament, but soon disappear again.
I believe the scene is similar in a lot of European countries.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Chart
- nchuhoai 13y agoGermany had the Free Democratic Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany)) which unfortunately just vanished below the 5% (after receiving 17% the previous elections. The problem with libetarian parties I guess could be that they are perceived to be dominated by corporate interests.
- warfangle 13y agoI believe the same situation happens in the USA: see Ron Paul. The difference is, yours is a party.. and he's a figurehead.