throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhat's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?message-squaremessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square143fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoYou don’t need a popular election to elect a state figurehead, Germany just has it done by existing parliaments. And figureheads who aren’t monarchs don’t usually have vast landholdings like most monarchs do.
You don’t need a popular election to elect a state figurehead, Germany just has it done by existing parliaments. And figureheads who aren’t monarchs don’t usually have vast landholdings like most monarchs do.