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Heads of states and the ministers very often don't represent the populations of their states, only a very small part of it.
by throwaway50662 3y ago
Heads of states and the ministers very often don't represent the populations of their states, only a very small part of it.
- hef19898 3y agoYou mean like most GOP presidents in recent history not winning the majority vote? The US are not part of the EU so...
- throwaway50662 3y agoThe differences are much bigger than that. The head of state/leading party that formed the government has only 15% support in my country. That's possible because it's a political compromise of the parliament majority, and they're severely limited in whatever they can do here by the parliament. It's very different political system.
- hef19898 3y agoLike in Germany, were absolutr majorities for one party basically do not exist. Hence coalition governments (we never tried a minority government like in Spain for some reason). But claiming that 85% voted "against" the leading party getting 15% is quite a stretch. Usually coalition parties have enough common policy goals to work together, meaning interests of the electorate overlap enough as well. Butvthisbis just like representative democracies are suppossed to work, there is nothing illegitimate or undemocratic about it. We talk about national governments and parliaments here, not the election of the student speaker for a class in elementary school. And you said it yourself: >> it's a political compromise of the parliament majority And that majority was dully and democratically voted for. The the results are somewhat ambigious is to be expected, not beong able to cope with that isbone of the reasons wannabe-authocrats can gain so much traction by promising "strong leadership" (a promise that never materializes besides oppression and cleptocrats on behalf if the government party and its members).