In many democracies around the world, there is a clear separation between the head of state and the head of government. While the head of state, usually the president or monarch, exercises symbolic and ceremonial duties, the prime minister exercises actual executive powers and governs the state. Understanding this distinction helps explain how countries balance
With his second term, France President Emmanuel Macron has five unstable majority parties in office, who resort to Sebastian Lecornu. France has gone into uncharted political turmoil, and President Emmanuel Macron has already gone through his sixth prime minister in a little more than a year. The government is in almost permanent crisis as a