While this isn't about our government in specific, I thought I would be justified in posting this, seeing as we've been discussing the ability to dissolve the government.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/08/25/french-president-dissolves-government-amid-dispute-over-economy/
Due to an economic slow down in France, the Prime Minister (Manuel Valls) "offered up his Socialist government's resignation . . ."
Okay, pausing there. The Prime Minister, offered up his governments resignation? Thank you social media, for politely sliding over the fact that the Prime Minister just "let go" an entire department. Now all these people are out of jobs simply because one man decided they were done. Did he himself resign? No. I'm sure that he isn't part of the problem either. Just all the people that have now joined the ranks of the unemployed.
"Hollande accepted the resignation and ordered Valls to form a new government by Tuesday."
Anybody else see a problem there? Seeing as the Prime Minister has the power to "resign" the first batch and pick the next, I'll bet he put together the first group. What makes anyone think he is going to do a better job the second time around?
"Hollande has promised cuts to taxes and spending as well as reforms to make it easier for businesses to open and operate."
That sounds promising, until you step back and wonder, without taxes, where are they going to get enough funding for the government to continue running?
Just within the first few paragraphs, I'm skeptical that this new government is going to be able to do anything different. When you're in such a deep hole economically, all you can do is wait until enough people start spending their money to jump start everything else.
Take the five minutes and read the article. To me, it sounds like everything in the French Economic Government is just a mess, and I'm not sure anybody knows how to, or is willing to clean it up.
I'm not very familiar with French politics and how their system works, but I am skeptical of the process of resignation. If I understand it correctly, the prime minister resigned his branch of government and can now rework it how he likes. That seems to be a lot of power for one person, and in the article it specifically states that there will be "no new election". According to Locke the people should have some say in the dissolving of the government (even just a part). I agree with Allie that whatever they set up will probably not fix their economic problems.
ReplyDeleteIf things get worst for the French, they can always eat cake. Lolollolololol. Jk I'll stop. But in all seriousness,I don't know much about France's political system, but it sounds like there is way to much power in the presidential position. Also, the ways that he has proposed to fix their economy doesn't sound like it actually would. But who knows? Just because it is a different way of approaching it than I would, it doesn't mean it couldn't work for the French.
ReplyDeleteIt's not even the president who has the power, it's the Prime Minister! (I don't understand the need for both to be quite honest. Who is the actual head of the country?)
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