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by jacquesm 4079 days ago
Suggested improvement to the French political system: if < 50% of the delegates are present there is no quorum and no laws can be passed.
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dest 4079 days ago
government has a majority in the French assembly. The result would have been the same with more deputies: law would have passed. Each deputy seems specialized in a few fields and does not attend discussions to have time to work on other things (mayor, meetings,...) So, not sure if quorum > 50% would be useful.
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cm2187 4079 days ago
...to work or not. Some of them never show up at the parliement.

But laws are not really discussed in the main chamber. The way it works is that laws are really discussed, debated and modified in commissions, and the main vote is only for the TV, and for MPs to demonstrate publicly their opposition.

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Luc 4079 days ago
Aren't most European democracies 'particracies' nowadays? Delegates vote as they are told by the party leadership.
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jacquesm 4078 days ago
Yes, but it would at least hamstring their ability to make law 'in absence', they'd have to show up and formally register assent, dissent or not vote. That way they would not be able to pretend they had nothing to do with it.
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