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Within society, there are clashing views of society and opposing group interests. All these arrogant politicians, from both Left and Right, have, with authoritarian means, tried to forge unity and lay down definitive end conclusions from the top down. We have witnessed time and again that this is eventually fought by the majority of the people. Politics is the organisation of differences of opinion that exist within society, as a result of which they become more readily understood by the public. Electoral systems that are only intended to form a stable government majority hinder the free forming of opinion from the bottom up. All structures that try to exclude existing movements from the political debate, however controversial these may be, are objectionable. This is why I opt for proportional representation. For the time being, this new Council decision is obstructing cross-border, proportional representation, with multi-national lists for 10% of the European Parliament seats, something that was requested by the European Parliament in 1998. Despite this, I endorse the decision because public opinions happen to be formed not at European, but national, level. A major improvement is the fact that territorial constituencies for elections are no longer imposed on the larger Member States and that maximum expenses for the election campaigns can be prescribed. I totally reject the rapporteur’s conclusion that the election campaigns in all Member States should mainly be about choosing a President for the European Commission."@en1
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