Abstention
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It is also reflected in the risk of substantial voter
abstention
, unusual for a country that takes presidential elections very seriously.
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Perhaps for precisely this reason, the
abstention
rate (an average of 57%), was the highest since the first vote in 1979, while the composition of the Parliament, with its right-wing majority, underwent no significant changes.
Germany’s abstention, on the other hand, is viewed as a simple “No,” because Germany has no veto and is also a key member of the European Union and NATO.
Another accomplishment was the record-high
abstention
rate: 57% of French voters disdained the rare and precious privilege of voting, a privilege invented several centuries ago by men who believed in deliberation, reason, and enlightenment.
But rising
abstention
makes this virtually impossible.
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