WePromise.EU – when ethics, parties and electoral systems collide
The problem is that as a voter I can only cast my vote for a party here, not an individual candidate.
But the election system in many EU countries, where lists are closed, prevents pledges like this really working.
Conversely, if we were to look at this from the point of view of a party or an individual candidate on such a closed list, why would I actually want to sign? Yes, if I actually believed in the cause it would be fine, but such a pledge binds the hands of a politician with little guaranteed benefit in return.
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