In German, the whole approach is called personalisierte Verhältniswahl so it seems the main intent is to allow (some amount) of choice over who gets elected on a personal level, rather than only
a choice between political parties.
Not exact matches
Stephen Harper and the Conservative
party, but also friends * who find themselves on the opposite side of the
political spectrum, still think there's a
choice to be made
between the economy or the environment.
Your article on elections (TP, September) seems to suggest that the
choice lies
between «allout» elections which is better for good local government or annual elections which leads to stronger
political parties.
Without
political parties providing a continuity of ethics and a
choice between left and right, people would find it much harder to engage with politics.