Depends on how well they remember the 1930s. I just think collapsing is the wrong word, and apparently it’s the word every single news outlet is running with.
It implies France is failing to function as a nation, when nothing could be further from the truth.
It’s common in parliamentary systems to describe the ruling coalition (‘the government’) dissolving under unfavorable circumstances as the government ‘collapsing’, it’s just an accepted nomenclature.
Depends on how well they remember the 1930s. I just think collapsing is the wrong word, and apparently it’s the word every single news outlet is running with.
It implies France is failing to function as a nation, when nothing could be further from the truth.
It’s common in parliamentary systems to describe the ruling coalition (‘the government’) dissolving under unfavorable circumstances as the government ‘collapsing’, it’s just an accepted nomenclature.