Re: Why are VSI so focused on Sweden ?

On 3/10/2025 9:03 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:51:20 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

There is no option for recalling the president in the US.
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The options in the constitution are:
* impeachment (simple majority house + 2/3 majority senate)
* 25th amendment (VP + majority of cabinet ministers, and if
    the president appeal 2/3 majority of both house and senate)

 Things seem so much easier in Parliamentary systems, don’t they: it just
takes a vote of no confidence in Parliament to bring down the Government.

It is easier to get rid of a prime minister in that system.
But there is also a flip side. It can be difficult to find
a PM. After the election in Sweden in 2018 it took 4 months
to agree on a PM/government. After the election in the
Netherlands in 2023 it took 6 months. After the election
in Belgium in 2024 it took 8 months. Given how the US
congress typical (recent years) handle budget and debt limit
increase, then I suspect that if the US congress elected
the US president then the position would be empty half the time.
Arne