Go back
European Prime Ministers Stepping Down?

European Prime Ministers Stepping Down?

Debates

Vote Up
Vote Down

http://m24digital.com/en/2011/03/24/portugal-prime-minister-resigns-because-the-parliament-rejected-his-austerity-plan/

http://m24digital.com/en/2010/05/11/elizabeth-ii-accepted-prime-minister-gordon-brown-resignation-ending-13-years-of-labourism-government/

What's all this about?

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
http://m24digital.com/en/2011/03/24/portugal-prime-minister-resigns-because-the-parliament-rejected-his-austerity-plan/

http://m24digital.com/en/2010/05/11/elizabeth-ii-accepted-prime-minister-gordon-brown-resignation-ending-13-years-of-labourism-government/

What's all this about?
Slightly out of date news? (at least the g brown bit)

Vote Up
Vote Down

British political tradition involves stepping down after losing elections.

Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by FMF
British political tradition involves stepping down after losing elections.
Largely because, for those that don't, we have an older tradition involving axes.

1 edit
Vote Up
Vote Down

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
What's all this about?
For Portugal it's about having a parliamentary rather than a presidential system. Prime-ministers without absolute majority often cannot complete their term because at some point the opposition parties may start blocking them to force early elections rather than negotiate.

Awful timing for Portugal, though.