Originally posted by FishyIt was a very cursory look at both of the systems, if I felt like it I could take a much deeper look.
Here is where you are wrong, the law making branch just makes the law but has no influence on anything else, the rest carries it out and judges. Ministers and whatever have no influence at all, if they want to change anything they need to change the law. To change the law would require a 50% majority in favor of it. And I'm not sure if Germany has this but an overseeing house to agree with it as well. At least that's the case in Holland.Only not really, the prime minister is the head of state like the President in the US. But she in this case still has to answer to other body's of government. Still needs those things to agree and still needs people to be on her side in order for her to change things. She's just the head of the country but not the one that decides everything
A system of Federal government regulating the law everywhere creates simple laws in a country where nothing changes if you cross state lines. It also makes things clearer for the people removes difference between states and gives the same funding to the same people throughout the country. Making sure it basically does not matter where you live, I can only be happy with moves like this. Federal government should make the laws.
States however do often have power, not in law making powers but they do have some power in how those laws are executed, which things are considered more important then others and where the government money is spend on.
Easy it's a republic represented by a parliament that is democratically chosen. Pretty much the same as the US, only the US doesn't have a parliament.
As is the case in Germany. The US still has people that make laws don't they?
The same in Germany, they can propose new laws however but it's still parliament which is a representation of the people that have to agree with these laws.
Which is not something I would consider a good thing in most situations.
And you're incorrect on one point. The Prime Minister is the Head of Government. The Monarch/President is the Head of State (ceremonial powers) in a parliamentary system.
Originally posted by Strangelove
It was a very cursory look at both of the systems, if I felt like it I could take a much deeper look.And you're incorrect on one point. The Prime Minister is the Head of Government. The Monarch/President is the Head of State (ceremonial powers) in a parliamentary system.
The difference would be what exactly? In the US the president decides on policy he leads the country. The Prime minister as the head of government does about the same only with far less power, seeing as two party systems never force coalitions. Three or more party systems often do.