Forms of government of European countries.

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  1. I would say Poland is Semi-Presidental Parliamentary Republic. Both President and PM have strong positions

  2. Head of state is ceremonial?

    The role varies a great deal here. The Danish Queen acts like she is ceremonial, but everything in the administration of the state centers around the Queen. She “hires” the government, signs the laws, hires judges and police, is chief of the armed forces, is mediator for deciding the government after an election, greats foreign ambassadors and hires the Danish ones, is protectorate for Greenland and the Faroe Islands in matters relating between parliament and the two self governing territories…..

    The constitution, the laws and management of the state is all build on the existence of a Monarchy, and 3/4 of the population wants it to remain that way.

    Ceremonial sure, but that is by choice, and has remained so for over 100 years now.

  3. Interesting how few, and currently unsuccessful, presidential republics there are. When it’s nearly the default in the rest of the world’s democracies.

    Also, how the official form of government doesn’t really indicate how democratic it actually is.

  4. The head of state is not de jure ceremonial in Denmark. Executive authority is vested in the monarch, and legislative authority is vested conjointly in the monarch and parliament.

  5. This map leads me to conclude that a presidential republic has some severe potential drawbacks for the country that adopts it.

  6. France should be blue.
    The government isn’t subjected to parlementary confidence.
    The president is the head of the government but still names a 1st minister that derives and applies the president program

  7. Iceland has kinda had the same constitution since its was part of the danish monarchy.

    only change we did we changed king to president.

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    its a common joke.

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