goat@sh.itjust.worksM to worldnews@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoMacron slams two-term limit on French presidency as ‘damnable bullshit’www.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down15cross-posted to: europe@lemmy.mlworldnews@lemmit.online
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minus-squarelol3droflxp@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoLong terms in office promote stability
minus-squarecthonctic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago*stagnancy, not stability Which is, incidentally, exactly what happened both with Kohl and Merkel.
minus-squareBronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHow did Germany stagnate between 2005 and 2021?
minus-squarecthonctic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·1 year agoIs this question serious? Lack of social reforms, lack of financial reforms, lack of infrastructure reforms, lack of energy reforms, the list goes on. All that was ever done was kicking the can down the road and here we are today.
minus-squareBronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoGermany had a higher than average anual GDP growth (Europe), so yeah, the question was totally serious.
minus-squarecthonctic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoAs serious as only caring about the economy can be, I suppose.
minus-squareBronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou said it stagnated, which it didn’t. Don’t lie if you’re not prepared to face some head wind for it. Putting words in my mouth won’t make your statement any more true.
minus-squarecthonctic@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoUnderstandable, have a nice day.
minus-squarelol3droflxp@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s not like countries with term limits fared better on average
Long terms in office promote stability
*stagnancy, not stability
Which is, incidentally, exactly what happened both with Kohl and Merkel.
How did Germany stagnate between 2005 and 2021?
Is this question serious?
Lack of social reforms, lack of financial reforms, lack of infrastructure reforms, lack of energy reforms, the list goes on. All that was ever done was kicking the can down the road and here we are today.
Germany had a higher than average anual GDP growth (Europe), so yeah, the question was totally serious.
As serious as only caring about the economy can be, I suppose.
You said it stagnated, which it didn’t.
Don’t lie if you’re not prepared to face some head wind for it.
Putting words in my mouth won’t make your statement any more true.
Understandable, have a nice day.
I truly wish you the same
It’s not like countries with term limits fared better on average