Legislators have toppled France’s government in a confidence vote. The result on Monday marked a new crisis for Europe’s second-largest economy that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth prime minister in 12 months.
No, it’s by design. Giving the government to the largest group doesn’t always make sense.
If your largest group is 40%, but the other groups forming the remaining 60% all disagree with the largest group, how is it more democratic to give the 40% group the government? Then you have a givernment that only 40% of the parliament supports.
If you pick a government that satisfies the 60% remaining, you then have a government 60% of the parliament supports. How is that less democratic?
No, it’s by design. Giving the government to the largest group doesn’t always make sense.
If your largest group is 40%, but the other groups forming the remaining 60% all disagree with the largest group, how is it more democratic to give the 40% group the government? Then you have a givernment that only 40% of the parliament supports.
If you pick a government that satisfies the 60% remaining, you then have a government 60% of the parliament supports. How is that less democratic?