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not needed, I've got no problems with it
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I DO have a problem with the EU overruling local governments, we should decide for ourselves what we want.
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But isn't that the essence of socialism? The individual or group subordinating itself for the greater good? What you're saying here doesn't sound very socialistic.
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It doesn't necessarily mean we should as a country subordinate ourselves for the greater good. Countries consisting of several peoples and cultures don't work. What is needed/wanted here, might not be needed/wanted somewhere else. The smaller the country (within certain limits), the better the government can suit the needs of the people.
I am pretty nationalistic myself, even though I'm a socialist.
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Socialist Party's standpoints (quickly translated):
"European cooperation is definitely needed, but that's something else than a EU that dominates the member countries, and forces regulations that go against the wishes of a majority of the people.
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The role of national parliaments within the EU must thus be enlarged."
Also see:
http://international.sp.nl/goals/2006/tenreasons.shtml point 10.
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I don't believe that having more parties automatically increases the peoples control over government, but we have different political systems anyways so what may work for you may not work for us.
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If you've got 2 political parties, you've got only very little choice. The more parties there are, the better the chances for a party to suit your wishes. So the more representative of the people the government will be.
This in combination with the fact that we've got no electors. If a party gets 28% of the votes, it gets 28% of the seats. Nothing like one state has more electors per inhabitants than another one, or a "the winner takes it all" system.