Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Who Will Be The Next EU President? | EU Elections" video.

@giovannia.1692 No, more people are represented because you are not voting for a prime minister. For instance, my political party in my country is willing to cooperate with both sides. Meaning that I genuinely don't vote for a left wing or right wing prime minister when voting for them, but for whoever negotiates the best deal for my party and its main focus, the environment. I switched over to them from a left wing party because our labour party was taking said left wing partys support for granted and ignoring their environmental policies. By changing party allegiance to a centrist party I specifically make sure that if a right wing prime minister that I might disagree with about pretty much everything is willing to do a better job of cooperating with and make compromises with my party then the left does they can cooperate. I came from a far left party, so I fundamentally disagree with the political right about what's the best approach to running the country. But my vote is more pragmatic then just for a prime minister. It's for real impact for a relatively small political party.
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@paul1979uk2000 Direct election for single positions are a disaster. No, make it multiple positions negotiated over among multiple parties in a parliament elected through a form of proportional representation. A party without the majority might not win with their own candidates for the top position, but they might negotiate for a less problematic candidate from the top party, negotiate for other executive positions slightly down the rank and for political concessions on policies, laws or budgets in return for their support, meaning that their voters are still represented unlike a candidate elected directly through a majority vote in the population who only represents their voters, and not the majority of people that didn't vote for them...
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2:03 That was uneeded... 5:44 I agree with his principles about national sovereignty... But I deeply disagree with what he wants to do with it... We need more European cooperation, not less. But I'd like that to happen with the consent of the populations impacted by any given policy... 7:50 The latter two options would be bad. The first one could work, allowing the parliament to vote for compromise candidates. So the greens for instance are unlikely to win with their candidate, but they might be able to make deals with other parties in return for their support for a candidate. Parliamentarism is just usually a better system.
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 @AB-zl4nh Not exactly. Some countries does, but not all.
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