The goals of this rule are legitimate: it favours big parties and reinforces national-wide political parties or coalitions with a presence in an important part of the national territory. The avoidance of party fragmentation is not unacceptable per se, and democratic standards do not exclude stimuli for the consolidation of the political party system. A two-party system is not a rare situation in democracies. However, if the political landscape is more plural, electoral legislation should not intend to artificially squeeze the number of competitors in the elections to de facto two, to “us” and “them”. This might aggravate the level of political polarisation in the political arena and ultimately in the society.