French government resigns; how can we get ours to?

Written by Allen West on August 25, 2014

We often hear progressive socialists in America saying we should be more like Europe – well, here’s a case where I wish that were possible. France just had its whole government resign – what a concept! Now of course they have a parliamentary system and not a bicameral representative democratic system such as ours.

But, as reported by The Guardian (UK), “France has entered uncharted political waters after the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, presented his government’s resignation amid a political crisis triggered by his maverick economy minister who called for an end to austerity policies imposed by Germany.”

Sounds like there’s a bit of a “circular firing squad” going on within the Socialist party in France.

According to the Guardian, “Valls seemed to believe that French Economic Minister economy minister, Arnaud Montebourg, had crossed a “yellow line” for his dual crime of criticizing both the president of France and a valued ally.” In a veiled reference to President François Hollande, he said that conformism was an enemy and “my enemy is governing.”

In other words, Montebourg is a hard core socialist who believes — as do many progressive socialists here in America — that his President Hollande hasn’t gone far enough and is “caving.”

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