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réformer le mode de scrutin de Belgique : la nécessité première

Abstract

In the following pages, we argue against the widely-shared, common-sense idea that the Belgian political crisis of 2007-2011 was, primarily, the expression of an indissoluble tension between the two major communities in the country (the French-speaking and the Dutch-speaking communities). This crisis is actually best understood as a direct result of the purely proportional electoral system in place in Belgium – a system known for favouring mono-thematic extreme political parties and for fragmenting the political landscape, pushing it towards particratic malpractices. Only on this soil can (in a second time) regionalist nationalism flourish. What is therefore needed, if one wants to overcome the current state of affairs in a constructive manner, is a reform of the electoral system, in a way hereby exposed.