Poland and Romania, will they ever just make it loud and clear who runs the country: the Prime Minister or the President? I can never understand it, and it seems like the mainstream press alters their opinion depending on who is in power (heavily emphasising Poland now as a parliamentary republic under Tusk) I favour the parliamentary model, wither republic or constitutional monarchy. All the indicators point to those governments having higher standards of democracy and freedom, wherever they be in the world, from Sweden to Japan to Canada. Think of how the presidential system is preferred by strongmen whether in Russia, Belarus, China, most of Africa and lots of Latin America. It allows a cult of personality to be better formed around the leader and it is no wonder that Erdogan railroaded one into Turkey.
The countries where he did well are in Western Europe which are not under so much threat. In the countries near to Russia he performed poorly. The fact that the left wing candidate didn’t make it to the second round might indicate that traditional left wing voters may have voted for him.
@@ConorClyneGeopolitics the US isn't under threat (except perhaps of the nuclear variety) but voters here are very wary of more wars, after the disasters that were Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Vietnam etc
Poland and Romania, will they ever just make it loud and clear who runs the country: the Prime Minister or the President? I can never understand it, and it seems like the mainstream press alters their opinion depending on who is in power (heavily emphasising Poland now as a parliamentary republic under Tusk)
I favour the parliamentary model, wither republic or constitutional monarchy. All the indicators point to those governments having higher standards of democracy and freedom, wherever they be in the world, from Sweden to Japan to Canada. Think of how the presidential system is preferred by strongmen whether in Russia, Belarus, China, most of Africa and lots of Latin America. It allows a cult of personality to be better formed around the leader and it is no wonder that Erdogan railroaded one into Turkey.
I think there is a lot of concern about war spreading. It’s a concern here in the United States, so no surprise it should be in Europe.
The countries where he did well are in Western Europe which are not under so much threat. In the countries near to Russia he performed poorly.
The fact that the left wing candidate didn’t make it to the second round might indicate that traditional left wing voters may have voted for him.
@@ConorClyneGeopolitics the US isn't under threat (except perhaps of the nuclear variety) but voters here are very wary of more wars, after the disasters that were Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Vietnam etc