Re: [Marxism] German's Left Party and Proportional Representation

["Einde Ocallaghan" <einde@xxxxxx>]

> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht ---
> Von: Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> An: Marxmail <marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Betreff: [Marxism] German's Left Party and Proportional Representation
> Datum: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:55:31 -0400
>
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>
> "Earlier, the PDS had only managed 4 per cent of the vote in the
> previous elections, which did not make it eligible to have seats in
> Parliament under Germany's proportional representation scheme (which
> requires a minimum of 5 per cent of the total vote share). The new Left
> Party's achievement is really quite significant, since it is the first
> new party in the German post-war history to have such a success."
> http://www.iht.com/getina/files/278433.html
>
This isn't true. The Green Party managed to break through in the 1980s.

Einde O'Callaghan

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