Our American readers will find this hard to believe, but the electoral system in the Netherlands has been devised to ensure that new or small parties will not be able to win more than 20% of the seats in the Dutch Parliament. Indeed, Dutch law forbids new parties and parties which currently hold less than 16 of the 150 seats in Parliament to put forward more than 30 candidates for parliament.The Dutch (and EU) Establishment Protects Itself
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
From the desk of Paul Belien on Wed, 2009-06-03 12:52
Posted by Britannia Radio at 19:01