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EU Scolds Visa et al. For Killing WikiLeaks Donati...
Because most EU countries have proportional representation, which means geographically diffuse and demographically aligned ideologies, like the green party in the 70-80s, and the pirate party in the 2000s, can get off the ground easily.
matthewowen
on Nov 20, 2012
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Actually, to be precise, it is because elections to the European parliament use a form of proportional representation.
For example, UK elections do not use PR, but elections to the European Parliament in the UK do.
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