Re:Emperor Akihito of Japan Raises Possibility of Leaving Th...
by cmdkeen on Monday August 08, 2016 @04:17AM
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Except stability can be used to breed stability. France being on the Fifth Republic makes it considerably easier to argue for a Sixth Republic, and with Marine Le Pen doing rather well in the polls that isn't necessarily a good idea. Traditions have their place in that they become ingrained within the populace and considerably harder to shift.
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Re:Emperor Akihito of Japan Raises Possibility of Leaving Th...
by talideon on Monday August 08, 2016 @09:38AM
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Not really: people can point at the stability of the Fifth Republic and compare it against the previous regimes, which were quite the opposite. That creates a lot of inertia against scrapping a system of Republican government that currently fundamentally still works.