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Filuwaúrdjan
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« on: March 07, 2004, 05:01:20 AM »
Both parties are hard to tell from each other nowadays... not like the good old days in the '80's... *sighs*
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2004, 07:36:22 AM »
Y'know... Greek Politics used to be so polarised and entertaining... now look at it... *sighs*
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2004, 01:52:50 PM »
Tweedle-Dum have beaten Tweedle-Dee by 5% (BBC)
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2004, 01:58:26 PM »
Tweedle Dum (ND) have beaten Tweedle Dee (PASOK) by about 5%
Both parties platforms were identical.
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« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2004, 02:06:26 PM »
In Greece politics has degenerated into a dynastic squabble... a Papandreaou will probably win in a few years time, followed by a Karamanlis... and so on.
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« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2004, 03:10:14 PM »
The only difference between PASOK and ND is that ND admit to being conservatives...
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« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2004, 08:16:46 AM »
Quote from: hughento on March 08, 2004, 12:13:34 AM
The only difference between Labour and the Tories in the UK is that the Tories admit to being Conservative...

Aha... not true anymore... Labour are being more honest about being social democrats... while the Tories have come over all... well... Gingrich...
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Filuwaúrdjan
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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2004, 08:20:59 AM »
I like Wallonia Smiley
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Filuwaúrdjan
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« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2004, 08:37:30 AM »
Greece has a really, really weird electoral system...
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« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2004, 10:26:58 AM »
I recommend reading "A Tall Man in a Low Land" by Harry Pearson. Cheesy
After that, it's impossible not to like Belgium Smiley
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« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2004, 10:40:59 AM »
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« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2004, 08:22:14 AM »
Without Belguim there would be no chips! And think of the Beer! Smiley Smiley Smiley

It's a nice little country. A bit mad perhaps (what over country could have produced Rene Magritte?), but I like that Smiley
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« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2004, 07:02:11 AM »
Basically Greek electoral Law says that the party that wins the most voters, has to have a majority in Parliament.
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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2004, 07:11:17 AM »
Yes... but people in Greece know that anything but a vote for the winners is wasted... which is great for ND and PASOK as it gets their supporters mobilised, but seriously... what's the point of having PR with a law like that?
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« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2004, 07:21:18 AM »
I'm not sure of the fiddly bits and everything but...

The party that wins a plurality of the vote wins a majority of the seats. There is a 3% threshold to win seats.
I think that Greece uses a closed list system for each electoral district, which makes it easier to fiddle the results to give one side a majority.
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