mdr-20261103-1246-sven_siefken_on_germanys_experience_with_mmp_overhangs-128
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0:00ਚੈਪਟਰ 1: Let's return to this issue of the overhang. 300s · Speaker 1
Let's return to this issue of the overhang. It's really dominating the final days of our 2026 election campaign. Germany, the home of MMP really, they encountered this problem of a parliament ballooning out way past the number of MPs that w…
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5:00ਚੈਪਟਰ 2: are basically based on the party votes. 198s · Speaker 2
are basically based on the party votes. So a party or an MP will only go into parliament if there are enough party votes for their own party. And if, for example, if there are 43 MPs who win the electorates of party A, But according to the …
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8:18ਚੈਪਟਰ 3: And just to be clear, you have what now fixed? 278s · Speaker 3
And just to be clear, you have what now fixed? The number of MPs? I mean, Parliament is fixed at, what, 630, I think it is, is it? Exactly. It's now fixed at 630, which still makes it one of the biggest parliaments in the world. But that's,…
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12:57ਚੈਪਟਰ 4: it's always about power. 160s · Speaker 4
it's always about power. If you talk to politicians about electoral reform, of course, they're going to look at their own advantage and their own advantage will largely influence what they think. What I think is important for reforming elec…