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I think we just have different understanding of what “government” means. I consider the judiciary an equal part of the government the same as the legislature an

I think we just have different understanding of what “government” means. I consider the judiciary an equal part of the government the same as the legislature and the executive. From your comment it seems you only consider “government” to mean the legislative branch.

Tomte 6y ago
That's a common source of misunderstanding between Americans and Germans. We Germans usually only call the cabinet ministers and the chancellor (the executive branch – not the legislative branch!) "government", and depending on the issue, also the civil service. You call the whole "state thing" "government".
- distances 6y ago
  To chime in, this is exactly how "government" would be understood in Finland too -- it's a synonym to the cabinet.