“Do you hear me!” This is the cry launched to their deputies by French people who have happily “disconnected” from current events for a few days or weeks and who discover that the political landscape has not moved an inch this summer. Two and a half months after the announcement of the dissolution and two weeks after the end of the enchanted interlude of the Olympic Games, the situation is still inextricable, and we still do not have a Prime Minister.
However, several of the countries around us provide examples of possible compromises – or forced ones – between opposing parties. In mature democracies, we respect our adversaries, we talk to each other, we negotiate and finally, we conclude. Even if it seems long to us, as in Germany. This is the case in Germany, in the Nordic countries, but also in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
