[Koenvh]

Do you have a source for that? Coming from a country where there are 16 different parties in parliament (the Netherlands), neighboured by two countries which each have at least five parties in parliament (Belgium and Germany), I find that statement difficult to believe.

[edgyquant]

To be fair the Netherlands is a unique republic dating back so far that even Louis XIV complained that any opinion held is represented in The Hague.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/439669?seq=1

[GekkePrutser]

I think that's the whole point of democracy though. That our chosen representatives actually represent us. Rather than their corporate donors.