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I checked your profile and you are cofounder of a company with branches all around Europe. At least the countries in the EU should have separation of powers, an
by pmontra 2mo ago
I checked your profile and you are cofounder of a company with branches all around Europe. At least the countries in the EU should have separation of powers, and the judicial (the courts) are independent from the government and there is a parliament which is more or less independent from the government too. Of course the government is usually backed by the majority of the parliament so the two of them often act together. The courts apply the law, whatever it is, but if the parliament or the government or the president (for presidential democracies) do something against the law or the constitution (or equivalent chart), there is at least a court that can undo that legislation and send it back for an overhaul. This is what happened in France.
- alecbz 2mo ago> At least the countries in the EU should have separation of powers, and the judicial (the courts) are independent from the government In the US "government" generally refers to all three branches; is that not the case in Europe?
- kergonath 2mo agoI don’t know about the whole of Europe but generally, no. The government is the executive branch or a subset of it.
- alecbz 2mo agoInteresting -- is there any term referring to the executive, legislative, and judicial functions collectively?
- kergonath 2mo agoI am not sure. In French that would be the state (L’État). It’s more complicated in the U.K., with its layers of national, devolved country, and local governance. Then, it would be different again in federations like Germany.
- pamcake 2mo ago"The state apparatus" (or "the state" for short). "State and government" section in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity)
- pmontra 2mo agoI skimmed the constitution of my country (Italy) and there is no collective term. There is a section "Organization of the Republic" that lists the several components (Parliament, President, Government, etc.) When we say Government we refer only to the Prime Minister, the other Ministers and their staff.
- prmoustache 2mo agoAuthorities?
- awithrow 2mo agoMy company has only a small office in San Francisco. There are 10 of us.