[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 54 points 4 months ago

I am French, so I am not going to answer to the last part about Keir Starmer, but I can help with your first question.

The executive branch of the French government is two-headed, with a President and a Prime Minister.

The President is the head of state, as such they are elected by universal suffrage, and are viewed as an arbitrator. The President is the commander in chief of the French military, and acts as the head of the French diplomacy.

The Prime Minister is the chief of the government. The PM is nominated by the President, to form a government or cabinet of several ministers. Together they are responsible, before the parliament, of implementing policies in the best interest of the nation. The parliament can revoke the PM and its government.

That's where it gets messy :

if the parliament's majority party is the presidential party, then the President can nominate a political ally as Prime Minister, and in practice, the center of gravity of the President-Prime Minister couple will move towards the president, who will be free to enact his policies.

However, if the majority party in the parliament is opposed to the President, then the President can only nominate a PM from the majority, otherwise the parliament will promptly revoke the PM. This situation is called a cohabitation, and it happened only 3 times under the 5th French republic. With a President and PM in opposition, the center of gravity is usually tilted towards the PM.

Now what happens when there is no clear majority party or coalition in the parliament? That has never happened before, not at the scale we are witnessing today. And there are no clear guidelines : presumably, the President will nominate a PM from the party that came out in the lead in these parliamentary election. But if all the other parties reject the new PM, they could oust them. A multi-party coalition could be created to reach the absolute majority, but lately the major political formations have been sternly opposed.

The coming days are going to be very interesting, and a good stress-test for our institutions.

[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

TL;DR

Two footballers went to a jewellers in Rome. They came in with their faces masked and shouted “Hands in the air! This is a stick up!”.

The jeweller shot one of them with a shotgun, who died minutes later. His last words were "It was just a joke..."

He left a wife and 2 kids.

[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

It may be me being misinformed on the topic, bust most hacktivism actions I've heard about in the news were targeted at hurting the bad guys and rarely at effectively helping out the small guy.

[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

In addition, the hackers used their access to the Russian prison system’s online commissary, where family members buy food for inmates, to change the prices of things like noodles and canned beef to one ruble, which is roughly $0.01

That's surprisingly wholesome for hacktivists. Great idea!

[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 41 points 7 months ago

The GOP will continue dragging out this investigation anyway, until they either find some actual dirt or create an artificial precedent that all presidents are under continuous investigation, thus discrediting any future impeachment procedure against their guy. Either way, It's a win.

[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

Hopefully the beginng of the end for Erdogan.

[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago
[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

It's Henri, and we only had four of them. But we had 10 Charles.

[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks, I love that sort of dark kindness (or kind darkness) and ~~you have~~ the artist has a great style.

Edited after OP pointed out it's not OC.

[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You best unfuck yourself or I will unscrew your head and shit down your neck!

-- Gunnery Sergeant Hartman

[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born

[-] r0m2@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago

How about "no student should be slapped ~~for just being Muslim~~"

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