@goat@sh.itjust.worksM to worldnews@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 10 months agoMacron slams two-term limit on French presidency as ‘damnable bullshit’www.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down124cross-posted to: europe@lemmy.mlworldnews@lemmit.online
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minus-square@mayolinkEnglish12•10 months agoI can’t imagine some politician I didn’t like getting 3 terms. That would blow. That’s 15 years.
minus-squareChariotwheellinkfedilink3•10 months agoMeanwhile in Germany: https://i.imgur.com/WuA8KtC.png
minus-squarecthoncticlinkfedilink3•edit-210 months ago*stagnancy, not stability Which is, incidentally, exactly what happened both with Kohl and Merkel.
minus-square@Bronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoHow did Germany stagnate between 2005 and 2021?
minus-squarecthoncticlinkfedilink-1•10 months 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-squarelol3droflxplinkfedilink3•10 months agoIt’s not like countries with term limits fared better on average
minus-square@0xc0ba17@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoMaybe not, but I think it’s overall better to have term limits than to be stuck with an asshole leader for 20+ years
minus-square@Bronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoGermany had a higher than average anual GDP growth (Europe), so yeah, the question was totally serious.
minus-squarecthoncticlinkfedilink0•10 months agoAs serious as only caring about the economy can be, I suppose.
minus-square@Bronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months 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.
I can’t imagine some politician I didn’t like getting 3 terms. That would blow. That’s 15 years.
Meanwhile in Germany: https://i.imgur.com/WuA8KtC.png
I didn’t know that! Makes me think :) thanks
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.
It’s not like countries with term limits fared better on average
Maybe not, but I think it’s overall better to have term limits than to be stuck with an asshole leader for 20+ years
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.