Yves-Alexis Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On lun, 2008-02-25 at 23:53 +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > > Many countries still sometimes have > > heads of state and government from opposing political views (French > > "cohabitation") and it puts the brakes on the more radical reforms, > > but the fifth republic (for example) hasn't fallen yet. > > President and congressman are now elected the same year, for 5 years. So > cohabitation is not really possible anymore. [...]
Well, the President can still call assembly elections AIUI, so cohabitation still looks really possible if the president's party makes only a slight or coalition win in one of the votes, but it's never likely to last as long as the most recent 5-year Chirac-Jospin one. But this is detail: cohabitations have worked in government and still often occur in business, with an outgoing executive leader taking a non-executive official role, or leadership by a college representing different views. Hope that explains, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
