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There's European countries who can have several different prime ministers in the span of three months (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by trolske@feddit.org to c/yurop@lemm.ee

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[-] intelisense@lemm.ee 46 points 3 months ago

Fuck, the U.K. got several new PMs without even an election during the last few years!

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

That's not a good thing in a democracy.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Shh shh, just let them have this one. It's bad enough to be in the UK as it is. :p

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 7 points 3 months ago

People don't vote for a prime minister. They vote for local representatives, the representatives are in parties that negotiate with each other to build a majority and form a government, and the Prime Minister is effectively the person that the representatives agree will lead the government. They don't have presidential powers, they are just a leader of the negotiated government.