Most racist nations in the western world.

And *I* thought you had a problem with slang/vernacular/colloquialisms!:smt003

Kinda like a United Nations Interpreter, eh?:smt003















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This is beside the point, but can anyone, (British most likely) explain the parliamentary system and how it exist in Britain even though you still have a monarchy with a King, Queen, Prince, and Princess system?

 

The king, queen, princess, and prince are just figure heads. They don't run anything. The parliamentary and prime minster does all the work. Should the brits lose their royal members, they wouldn't skip a beat.

 

i'm sure denzbenz will have a different outlook than you...!!!

 

So they have NO say in British law or policy then? I'm gonna read up on this when I get some free time.

 

All countries with Royalty in Europe sort of work the same sort of way today whent it comes to Royalty.
Swedend have a King - he is pretty much just a figure head and have no political pull whatsoever. Same for Norway and Denmark, Holland etc.

 

It is not so much as no say but that they are not as experience as the PM. They know they can take over but it would be a poor choice to do in such a complicated environment where they don't have the experience.

 

It's all a matter of their getting out more...and expanding their own personal perspectives..

















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They're officially called constitutional monarchies. The royals are the titular heads of the military and the state, but that's it. The parliament is, unlike the US congressional model, technically both the legislature and the executive rolled into one, with the Prime Minister being like a 'Speaker of the House' but with executive authority in addition to presiding over the chamber and the legislative process.

The winning/presiding party after an election puts its head in as Prime Minister and his 'cabinet' serve both as legislators from their own 'constituency' and cabinet secretaries of a sort, running the individual ministries (the European equivalent of the "Department of...").

 

On a point of info: "Departments" are also in use in Europe, not just "Ministries".
Most E.U. countries are governed by 2 Houses, Upper and Lower. The Prime Minister is the Head of Government.
In Republics the President is the head of State - France, Italy, Greece, Ireland, Poland etc
A King or a Queen is the official Head of State in Monarchies (all of which are Constitutional rather than absolute) eg U.K. Netherlands, Spain, Belgium etc
Governments in E.U. are usually made up of the the largest political party eg France, or Spain or very often by a combination of political parties eg U.K. Germany, Italy etc
Then the voting system is another story which varies between almost every cou ntry here.
And to finish, 27 European countries form the European Union, with an elected Parliament in Strasbourg, France and Administrative HQ in Brussells, Belgium.

 

Britain prtomotes multi culturalism, recognising the co existence of different cultures.
Other countries like France treat all citizens of France as French, no matter what their origins. Its called Integration.
Peopel have strong views on both.

 

Also Britain is historically "obliged" to accept multiculturalism due to the make up of the U.K. territories - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland - each of which has its own distinctiv culture and traditions.

 

Correct, but he was only asking specifically about the English system. In France a 'department' has a different meaning, as a political subdivision, and I didn't want to confuse the terms.

 

everywhere is racist, except africa...they have a good reason:smt042

 

Terrastar18 - 1; The World - 0. LOL

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Cool
The word Department is also used instead of Ministry in some Europe countries.
The English system is also different politically and legally from the Scottish or N Irish sysyem. And British is another story again.
Complicated.

 

As you say, football supporters are not the best ones on which to judge a nmation. If that was true, England would be the most hated. Every European country knows the words Football hooligans. Ask the Police in Europe.
How can we even arttempt to answer this question. The most racist countries are those with large immigrant populations. I dont think the Czech Republic has any reason to be racist, as it has no one to be racist against.
And a lot of well founded historical enmity exists between certain European countries.

 

Italy is not racist. We have problem with too big immigration from north africa but we are not intolerant. Here a lot of women choose to marry african men

 

I understand this. People mix up the problems associated with immigration (and there are many)and racism. But a lot of European women still marry African men.

 

There is racism in South Africa einstein