Timeline for Who can fire the EU presidents?
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| Feb 24, 2019 at 15:58 | comment | added | Jontia | @Anush under a vote of no confidence, the current parliament is given the opportunity (15 days if I recall correctly) to provide a government that can command a majority from the House. Only if that fails is a general election called. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 9:10 | comment | added | armatita | @Anush Ok, agreed. My mistake, terrible phrasing. Erratum: It's possible to call an earlier general election with 2/3 of the seats in the house. However the same can be achieved with the approval of a motion of no-confidence as is described in the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 8:57 | vote | accept | Simd | ||
| Sep 26, 2018 at 8:53 | comment | added | Simd | I just wanted to clear up that "For example you also need 2/3 to dissolve the house of commons in the UK" is incorrect. You don't need 2/3 to dissolve the house of commons in the UK. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 8:43 | comment | added | armatita | @Anush Also I didn't mean to mislead anyone. Your question is about the EU not the UK. I'm not sure what comparison you are trying to make but those two entities are very different with very different ways of functioning. The EU is not a country, but a federation(ish) of countries. That being said you don't, in fact, need two-thirds to call a general election in UK. As I mentioned in my comment there are other provisions. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 8:38 | comment | added | armatita | @Anush Yes, I only quoted that example because it's the only one which requires supermajority as is mentioned in wikipedia. I'm not sure I understand the issue here. Did I say something inaccurate? | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 8:29 | comment | added | Simd | The Fixed Terms Parliament Act 2011 has 1a) and 1b) you have only quoted 1b). 1a) covers the simple majority case. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 8:28 | comment | added | Simd | It's pretty misleading. The fact is that you only need a simply majority to force a general election in the UK whereas you seem to need a supermajority to get rid of the President of the Commission. "If the House of Commons resolves "That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government", an early general election is held, unless the House of Commons subsequently resolves "That this House has confidence in Her Majesty's Government"." | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 8:09 | comment | added | armatita | @Anush I was quoting the supermajority wikipedia link I gave which presents examples for several nations, UK included. I checked the information and they refer to the Fixed Terms Parliament Acts 2011 which states: new general election will take place if "...the number of members who vote in favour of the motion is a number equal to or greater than two thirds of the number of seats in the House (including vacant seats).". There are indeed other provisions to achieve the same but that does not make it untrue. | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 21:09 | comment | added | Simd | @amatita That’s not true about the UK. A simple majority is all that is needed for a vote of no confidence which would trigger a general election. | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 16:11 | comment | added | armatita | @Anush It's typically called a supermajority and it's not uncommon throughout the world. For example you also need 2/3 to dissolve the house of commons in the UK, and 2/3 to remove the US president from functions. Even more common are constitutional reforms which frequently require supermajority. | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 15:48 | comment | added | Simd | It seems removing the President of the Commission is very hard. Getting a two thirds majority is all but impossible in practice I would have thought. | |
| Sep 25, 2018 at 9:53 | history | edited | armatita | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2018 at 9:48 | history | answered | armatita | CC BY-SA 4.0 |