00:04Mit der Resignation von Keir Starmer,
00:06die UK ist zu haben, die 7. Prime Minister in 10 Jahre.
00:10Once touted für die Möglichkeit,
00:12zu produzieren stable und long-lasting governments
00:15compared to other European countries,
00:17die UK nun findet sich an der Center
00:20von online-claims,
00:21dass es ungovernable ist
00:22und dass es die höchste Leader-Turnover-Rate auf dem Kontinent ist.
00:26Others sagen, dass andere Länder sind worse,
00:28alleging that they've had even more Prime Ministers
00:30specifically in the same time period.
00:33But which of these claims are true?
00:35How does the UK compare in the number of leaders
00:37it's had between 2016 and 2026?
00:40For as fair a comparison as possible,
00:42we matched UK Prime Ministers against European Council members
00:46who have held executive power in each EU nation
00:49over the past 10 years.
00:50Bulgaria is top of the leaderboard,
00:53coming in with 10 unique leaders between 2016 and 2026,
00:56followed by the UK and Austria at 7,
01:00with the new British PM factored in.
01:02Of course, it's worth noting that different countries
01:04have different systems of government
01:05and leaders across the continent
01:07enter office in different ways,
01:09which is why we can't just compare European Prime Ministers,
01:12as some posts suggest.
01:13For example, France has both a President
01:16who holds executive power and is voted for directly,
01:19and a Prime Minister who's appointed by the President.
01:22The British Prime Minister, meanwhile,
01:24is the leader of the party that commands a majority in Parliament,
01:28traditionally after a general election.
01:30If the party wants to change leadership,
01:31they don't need to hold another general election.
01:34The new leader just slots into the role of Prime Minister.
01:37France has indeed had its own revolving door of Prime Ministers
01:40in recent years, having had nine since 2016.
01:44But this just highlights that the Office of Prime Minister
01:47functions differently across the continent,
01:48and can't always be accurately compared.
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