Australian Independent Media, January 16, 2024, by: Dr Binoy Kampmark There is something distinctly revolting and authoritarian about the royal prerogative. It reeks of clandestine assumption, unwarranted self-confidence and, most of all, a blithe indifference to accountability before elected representatives. That prerogative, in other words, is the last reminder of divine right, the fiction that a…
There is something distinctly revolting and authoritarian about the royal prerogative. It reeks of clandestine assumption, unwarranted self-confidence and, most of all, a blithe indifference to accountability before elected representatives. That prerogative, .
for president macron? this is good news in the sense that the government did survive a no confidence vote on monday, if resident macron had lost the vote he would have had to potentially call for new elections. the vote didn t pass because it would have required a united front across the political spectrum but as you mentioned monica the vote was much tighter than expect that. macron only won by nine votes so he did survive but his government is weakened, only one year into its mandate. as to why the vote was happening in the first place some french mp tabled two motions of no confidence aft last week emmanuel macron used controversial executive powers to push through his pension reform without a vote, essentially bypassing