Sujet : Is Europe Becoming Ungovernable? De : ltlee1 (at) *nospam* hotmail.com (ltlee1) Groupes :soc.culture.china Date : 06. Oct 2024, 16:58:17 Autres entêtes Organisation : novaBBS Message-ID :<dc3f41320cf431fe1036071bea8d52c2@www.novabbs.com> User-Agent : Rocksolid Light
"BERLIN—At a recent debate, a German voter had some pointed criticism for Chancellor Olaf Scholz: The German government is unable to govern and its ministers are bickering like children. Instead of pushing back, Scholz conceded the point. “The truth is: You are right,” he said. “But what would be your solution? I mean, I’m asking for a friend.” The exchange triggered little controversy in Europe’s largest economy, once considered a paragon of good governance. It is now all but taken for granted that politicians can agree on little here, and implement even less. Recent gains by Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, in state elections dealt Scholz’s fractious government another blow. France, which for decades has been the engine of the European Union along with Germany, has found itself in a similar state of political paralysis after elections in June left Parliament divided between a multitude of parties. President Emmanuel Macron formed a center-right government, even though a coalition of left-leaning parties won the most seats in the National Assembly. That leaves his government vulnerable to challenges from Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally, if it were to decide to back a no-confidence vote against the government or refuse to support his budget. Political fragmentation and polarization have tied the hands of political leaders, who can govern only in unwieldy coalitions between left- and right-leaning parties. Governments have struggled to find common ground on even basic issues, much less some of their most acute problems, such as handling growing numbers of immigrants, the war in Ukraine and stagnant economies."