France General Discussion IV: Yellow Fever

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

Wow, I have not paid enough attention to realize just how far PS has faltered.

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

I mean, with-out agreeing or disagreeing with Antonio on the merits of the Fifth republic, the idea that parliamentary systems are inherently more unstable and change leaders more often is not actually true.

Tage Erlander managed to be Prime Minister of Sweden for 23 years in a parliamentary system, Helmut Kohl was Chancellor for 16 years in a parliamentary system. Even in the supposedly unstable Netherlands, the current PM is in his 9th year in office and his predecessor served for 8 years.