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France Faces ‘Moment of Truth’ With Government on Brink of Collapse (www.yahoo.com)

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I was just looking at it from the stance that as members of the EU they are in a relationship to their "Federal" government that kind of parallels the relationship of a state to the US federal government. You know, no power to make war, money, decide their own immigration rules, restrict travel from member states/countries, etc.

And if we had a state government that was breaking down like France is, they wouldn't get to sit around without a government for 589 days. At least I don't think so, I don't believe we've ever had things be that screwy before.

Anyhow, it's really complex and I hope the French work things out.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but the relationship isn't like that. They do have control over those things (though there are some limits as part of being an EU member).