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Polls and tactical voting
In France, Anne Hildalgo and Eva Joly were candidates with ambitious progressive, social, and ecological programs who had proven themselves in the past. One had managed the city of Paris as mayor, and the other had brought oil company executives and corrupt politicians to prison through her work as an investigating judge. The polls gave…
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Police and justice for the people
It’s obvious that the rioters, those who burn, steal and commit violence, are criminals who must be tried and sentenced in accordance with the law. There’s a lot of drug trafficking in the suburbs. But when the police catch a trafficker, that trafficker is very often released because the justice system can’t take it anymore.…
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The Senate, the power to piss people off
When you type “abolish the senate” in google, you realize that many countries want to abolish it. It is high time to replace it with the popular initiative referendum, which is a better tool for exercising control over the people’s representatives in parliament, for example. These representatives could be selected at random. The Senate prevented…
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Fed up with strikes? Ask for referendums!
In a true democracy, it’s not up to the streets nor the government to decide, it’s up to the people! Strikes and revolutions don’t always lead to democracy. Sometimes they even lead to dictatorship. This is described in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Another example is the Arab Spring revolutions. Beware of great liberators, the people…
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Popular Initiative
Translate with: https://www.deepl.com/translator Comment lancer une initiative populaire fédérale en Suisse?: https://www.ch.ch/fr/democratie/droits-politiques/initiative-populaire/comment-lancer-une-initiative-populaire-federale/ Qu’est-ce qu’une initiative populaire fédérale ?: https://www.ch.ch/fr/democratie/droits-politiques/initiative-populaire/quest-ce-quune-initiative-populaire-federale/
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Vth Republic, still there…
The French Fifth Republic gives too much power to the president, who can behave like a monarch without listening to the demands of the people. Thanks to the 49.3, he can pass decrees without the opinion of the elected parliament. He can choose his prime minister without taking the people’s vote into account. He can…