France General Discussion II: Living under Marxism

[rob in cal]

 I just read that in his last press conference President Hollande said he is thinking about electoral reform, including some proportional representation, referring to I assume National Assembly elections.  Would love to see this go through.  Would the current parliament go for this?

[rob in cal]

     Sorry, I'm having trouble posting links, but the article about PR was from "The Connection" France's English language newspaper, September 8, edition which says "Mr Hollande.... said he is considering voting reforms, perhaps introducing an element of proportional representation."

[rob in cal]

   Isn't the main problem for the French Greens the lack of proportional representation in elections for the National Assembly?  I would think if they had a solid parliamentary base, not dependent on runoff support and deals with other parties, that it would give them a foundation to organize a coherent movement. 
   Greens seems to be pretty stable in getting support in countries which have PR, and not surprisingly fail to win many seats in countries which don't. Canada in two weeks will be the next example of that.