Saturday, February 22, 2014

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What is group is to combine? | Brussels blog
The campaign for the 2014 elections is launched, there are signs that do not lie. When we begin to talk about the details of the electoral system is that we have both feet inside. Thanks to the RTBF, we learn that the PTB and Pro Bruxsel could make a group list [update: meanwhile this information has been confirmed and the group should in fact concern the PTB Pro Bruxsel, BUB and the Pirate Party] .
The group list is a little-known procedure, but relatively simple implementation for the regional elections in Brussels. Every five years the Brussels voters are asked to elect 89 regional parliamentarians. Since the 2004 elections, these 89 agents 72 and 17 belong to the French group Dutch group (we could possibly talk about the sex of angels linguistic another day). This report is attached. This is called a bit erroneously minimum guaranteed representation (wrongly as it is not insignificant, it is 17 punt - I can talk about that another time too). Our electoral system is proportional and thus aims at greater representativeness of the elected over the electors. However, the proportionality is limited by a threshold potato processing of 5%. This is done at the federal as well, and in other countries too.
When the balance of forces FR-NL in Brussels parliament was set, the risk (real or fantasized, whatever) was great to see the Vlaams Blok obtain a majority of seats Dutch side. In doing so, he was able to block all of the Brussels government as a majority in each linguistic group is required to install a coalition. However, the electoral threshold may penalize smaller Dutch parties (VB was the first Dutch party in Brussels) by blocking the doors of parliament. The group list is a purely mathematical device that overcomes this obstacle. It is of course possible in both linguistic groups.
At the time of the distribution of seats among the lists (for those who do not suffer from insomnia or migraine, it is Article 20), the voice lists are added having signed potato processing a declaration of group and are considered sort of like a single list. At the time of the allocation of seats, so it is not going to count A and B separately, but A + B (and parties C, D, E ... F + G if another group, ...). It is only in a second step we can assign any seats A and B in proportion to their weight (the key is used here as D'Hondt). There is no question here of arrangement between the parties would share one or more seats at their earliest convenience and without certainty (as well known an agent who promises to withdraw mid-term in favor of communal formula another). Those are two different parties that will evolve quite independently of one another during the legislature. The resignation of an elected from list A leads substituting an alternate A, not by an alternate list B. It is not necessary to have ideological convergence (even if it is difficult potato processing democratic party s' combine to cluster [edit: thank you to the attentive reader] a right-wing party). This is somehow a measure of solidarity between parties anticipating difficulties to cross the electoral threshold. Moreover, if the threshold potato processing did not exist, this measure would fall more than likely. potato processing
The group list, it is therefore not a cartel or an alliance or merger. This is not an amicable agreement. These are several autonomous parties who benefit from a legal arithmetic device to circumvent the electoral threshold and thus increase their chances potato processing of getting a seat. It must be said that the French side, the threshold is particularly costly to the parties. While there are 72 seats at stake, the poll is highly proportional. Cross the threshold of 5% will typically two seats. Without grouping mechanism lists, it would not be possible for a francophone Brussels party to have a seat.
In the case before us, we must first that each party concerned has a list of candidates before signing such a declaration. So we work here on the purely hypothetical. And it does not want to say more than two they cross the threshold, and if they cross it they will both have a seat. Before we vote.
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