Thank you.
I have a question to bring this part of the meeting to a close.
We have talked a lot about the stability of parliaments elected by proportional representation. Up to now, we have been told that proportional systems create compromises and consensus and give rise to a measure of stability, because people have to get along. I assume that, with too many parties, it could be difficult to reach compromises but that alliances could form.
Depending on the context, do you feel it is possible, in a proportional system, that we could find ourselves looking at two major parties, sometimes diametrically opposed, with the result that the possibility of an election is always hovering over us?
Ever since I was elected to Parliament, I have gone through a number of similar situations. The government was in a minority, but that did not mean that parties got along. It meant that they were waiting for the right time to trigger an election.
Do you think that, even with a proportional system, we could end up with two ideologically opposed parties, resulting in alternance and waves of change? Is that possible, or does it not happen anymore once proportional representation has been adopted?