Truly buck wild to have a President and a Prime Minister. Gee France, how come your mom lets you have two heads of state?
Andorra also has two heads of state, who are Princes. One is the current bishop of Urgell and the other is whomever is the president of France.
Gee Macron, how come your mom lets you be head of state of two countries?
Having both is very common in a parliamentary democracy. Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Turkey are all examples of this.
The prime minister is actually the head of the government in France, the only head of state is the president.
One of the endless reasons for why I shall lay siege to Fr#nce.
India has a president and a prime minister as well with the former being a figurehead.
Ireland has the same system. Germany has a President and Chancellor (similar to a PM). The President is the head of state, similar to the position enjoyed by a monarch and the Prime Minister is the head of government. It's quite common.
The French president’s advisers say he has managed to pass the most challenging parts of his economic manifesto in the first year and a half of his second mandate, despite the lack of an absolute majority, and that future reforms, on education and euthanasia for instance, would be more consensual.
But Macron’s decision to use executive powers last year to pass a contested increase in the pension age to 64 triggered weeks of protests
No retirement, please die.
I long for the day France is just a distant memory and a cautionary tale on what not to become as a nation.
despite the lack of an absolute majority
Sounds like they have an absolute majority of reactionaries.
Why'd she resign? I didn't see anything in the article stating precisely why, except Marcon wanting to focus on new priorities. How does the French government operate?
How does the French government operate?
They sit in a room and workshop the question, 'How can we make the world a worse place?' Then they do whatever they come up with, but half-heartedly, leaving the market's free-hand to botch the implementation.
I thought that was Elizabeth Warren for a split second
ah yeah, its french fascism time