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Seeing a lot of "Both sides" comments again so need to remind y'all (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Therefore, the government and the pairlament need to elaborate compromises.

This sentence is probably confusing to a lot of Americans, because "the government" in the US includes the legislature, courts, and all executive agencies. I believe what Europeans call a government is what Americans typically call an administration. I'm not quite sure on that, though. An administration is a President and people appointed to executive positions by the President, but I get the impression that, in international usage, "the government" also includes MPs of the ruling party/coalition.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

TY, I've corrected that. Yes, government in Europe usually means the highest executives, i.e. minister president or chancellor who usually belong to the ruling party, and the ministers as they (actually their appointed secretaries of state) are the ones elaborating laws which are then read and approved by the legislative, the pairlament. In a parlamentary democracy, the head of state, i.e. king or president, usually is not part of the government and only has representative and formal tasks.