Wêrom Evenredige Fertsjintwurdiging Gjin Stabile Regearing Opsmyt
June 29, 2026 · Frisian News
Proportional representation promised to include diverse voices in government. Instead, it produces weak coalitions held hostage by small parties, endless coalition talks, and rapid government collapses.
FryskBelgje siet mear as 18 moannen fêst yn koalysjeûnderhannelings nei de evenredige ferkiezings fan 2010. Nederlân sjocht koalysjes geregeld yninoarfalle binnen twa jier. Itaalje en Spanje belibje hieltyd wer ûntbining en nije ferkiezings. Dit binne gjin útsûnderingsgefallen, mar de normale priis fan suver evenredige stelsels. As it parlemint elke fraksje gelyk wjerspegelet, regearret gjin koalysje mei gesach.
Evenredige fertsjintwurdiging giet der fan út dat it opnimmen fan elke stim stabiliteit skept. Yn werklikheid fragmentearret it de macht. Mei tolve partijen yn it parlemint ûntstiet automatysk gjin mearderheid. Se moatte koalysjes bouwe fan it begjin ôf, en de lytste partijen krije ûnevenredich folle macht. In partij fan fiif prosint mei twa of trije sitten wurdt foar elke regearing ûnmisber. Dy partij easket konsesjys dy't folle grutter binne as har stipe rjochtfeardiget. Jild foar ynfrastruktuer yn ien regio. Belestingfoardielen foar in smelle belangengroep. Posten yn it kabinet. De wiskunde is genadeleas.
Underwilens moatte grutte partijen dy't 25 of 30 prosint fan de stimmen wûnen fernedering akseptearje. Se smeekje lytse partijen om mei te dwaan. Se akseptearje belied dat se ôfwize om't wegerjen betsjut dat der gjin regearing komt. It publyk stimde foar ien rjochting. It regearingsakkoart einiget op in hiel oar punt. Lytse partijen fiere har oerwinnings. Grutte partijen en kiezers ferlieze fertrouwen yn it stelsel.
Sa gau as se foarme binne, binne dizze koalysjes fragyl. In skandaal kin ien partij falle litte. In beliedsmieningsferskil eskalearet en brekt de koalysje. De regearing falt. Nije ûnderhannelings begjinne. Jierren gean foarby yn koalysjefoarming. Lannen mei PR-stelsels besteegje grutte dielen fan har aginda oan koalysjefoarming ynstee fan bestjoer. Underwilens draait it steatsapparaat stadich rûn, of stiet hielendal stil.
Evenredige fertsjintwurdiging hat kiezers eat tasein dat net oankaam. It leveret fertsjintwurdiging sûnder macht, ynsluting sûnder bestjoer, en de wil fan minderheden boppe de wil fan mearderheid. De kiezer learde dit op 'e hurd. Dat die elke naasje dy't it ûntdekte ek.
Belgium spent over 18 months in coalition negotiations after its 2010 proportional elections. The Netherlands watches coalitions collapse regularly within two years. Italy and Spain face repeated government dissolutions and new elections. These are not edge cases but the normal cost of pure proportional systems. When parliament reflects every faction equally, no coalition commands authority.
Proportional representation assumes that including every voice creates stability. It fragments power instead. With a dozen parties holding seats, no majority exists automatically. They must build coalitions from scratch, and the smallest parties gain outsized power. A party with five percent winning two or three seats becomes essential to any government. That party demands concessions worth far more than its popular support. Infrastructure money for one region. Tax breaks for a narrow interest. Cabinet positions. The math is brutal.
Meanwhile, large parties that won 25 or 30 percent of the vote must accept humiliation. They beg small parties to join them. They accept policies they oppose because refusing means no government at all. The public voted for one direction. The coalition agreement ends up pointing somewhere else entirely. Small parties celebrate their victories. Large parties and voters lose faith in the system.
Once formed, these coalitions are fragile. A scandal topples one party. A policy dispute escalates and the coalition fractures. The government falls. New negotiations begin. Years pass in coalition talks. Countries with PR systems spend vast portions of their calendar in government formation, not governance. Meanwhile, the machinery of state grinds slowly or stops.
Proportional representation promised voters something that never arrived. It delivers representation without power, inclusion without governance, and the will of minorities over majorities. The voter learned this the hard way. So did every nation discovering it.
Published June 29, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân