they have a socialist party that at least holds some parliamentary seats.
no nation anywhere is as fucked as the united states, so cheer up. their constitution is pretty much modeled after the American one, it empowers reactionaries by making populist reforms difficult.
The Socialist Party in France is a bunch of domesticated institutionalised succdems and suck just as much as you would expect thosr to. There are parties on the left in France though but they're not powerful enough to run a successful candidate for president anytime soon.
that's not much of a surprise to learn. even then tho, as an american, I'm coming at it from a perspective where supporting m4a and a green new deal is a slippery slope to getting sent to the gulag.
do french parties have a barrier to entry to get into parliament? I know in germany, if a party doesnt have something like 5%, even if they win their district they cant get in.
French presidential elections are runoff elections where a second round is held between the two candidates with most votes of neither got a majority in the first round.
Elections for the national assembly are FPTP elections much like in the US or UK. The senate is elected indirectly by an electoral college fair each department consisting of elected officials like local councillors. The districtinc of senate seats greatly favours rural areas and the right.
that sounds worse than I thought. i didn't know there was a national assembly and senate. sounds like the legislative branch of France exists to create confusion just like here in the us.
being familiar with turkey, the fact that the turkish state(akp) modeled their new constitution after the French one was enough for me to conclude that the French system was garbage.
they have a socialist party that at least holds some parliamentary seats.
no nation anywhere is as fucked as the united states, so cheer up. their constitution is pretty much modeled after the American one, it empowers reactionaries by making populist reforms difficult.
The Socialist Party in France is a bunch of domesticated institutionalised succdems and suck just as much as you would expect thosr to. There are parties on the left in France though but they're not powerful enough to run a successful candidate for president anytime soon.
that's not much of a surprise to learn. even then tho, as an american, I'm coming at it from a perspective where supporting m4a and a green new deal is a slippery slope to getting sent to the gulag.
do french parties have a barrier to entry to get into parliament? I know in germany, if a party doesnt have something like 5%, even if they win their district they cant get in.
French presidential elections are runoff elections where a second round is held between the two candidates with most votes of neither got a majority in the first round.
Elections for the national assembly are FPTP elections much like in the US or UK. The senate is elected indirectly by an electoral college fair each department consisting of elected officials like local councillors. The districtinc of senate seats greatly favours rural areas and the right.
that sounds worse than I thought. i didn't know there was a national assembly and senate. sounds like the legislative branch of France exists to create confusion just like here in the us.
being familiar with turkey, the fact that the turkish state(akp) modeled their new constitution after the French one was enough for me to conclude that the French system was garbage.