The Fall of Fall: Western Democracy Just Faceplanted — Again

It’s autumn, and democracy is doing what it does best these days — falling

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It is scary times for Democracy right now, and this October, we are all getting early Halloween “treats.” One thing is clear however. It is not dead yet, but across the EU and in the US, the ghosts and ghoulies appear to be out early.

Vive la Collapse: France’s Fourteen-Hour Government

In France, the government didn’t just collapse. It evaporated. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu lasted all of twenty six days and less than 24 hours after he announced his cabinet. Namely, just long enough for the croissants to go stale. France’s government has become the political equivalent of a mayfly: born in the morning, dead by dinner. At this point, the Eiffel Tower has enjoyed more stability than the Fifth Republic. What are the French trying to do? Out-frog the Brits?

Germany’s Budget Blunder: Ordnung Without Order

This season was supposed to be the much-touted “autumn of reform.” But in reality, Friedrich Merz’s CDU hasn’t reformed anything since forming the new coalition of the CDU and the SPD after the…