r/europe May 20 '25

Map Next 100 years - any monarchies left in Europe? What do you think?

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u/[deleted] May 20 '25

All these countries face an economic crisis, housing crisis, immigration crisis, energy crisis, war (Russia-Ukraine), political divide due to the Israel-Gaza war, increased budget deficit.

All due respect but if a party is prioritising getting rid of the monarchy over literally all these issues then maybe the government is really run by brain dead monkeys.

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u/snakkerdk May 20 '25

Huh the Danish public budget is at a surplus, and has been for some years, no special energy crisis that I'm aware of, war sure, but per GDP we are doing pretty decent with aid for Ukraine (top 2) :)

Afaik only one political party out of the 16, actually want to abolish the monarchy (Enhedslisten), as a thing mentioned in their party principles, with most of the others having no opinion either way, and two actively mentioning they support the monarchy in the party principles (Konservative og Dansk Folkeparti).

So if we look at those 3 parties, and their seats (out of 179 seats total):
Enhedslisten: 9 (against)
Konservative: 10 (for)
Dansk Folkeparti: 7 (for)

But even the political leader for Enhedslisten, is not more against the monarchy, than he wanted to attend the crowning of the new king, so it's a bit meh?

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u/Hallenaiken United States of America May 20 '25

All the more reason for a monarchy then if the democratically elected government is incompetent

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u/Freddich99 May 20 '25

Says the guy from the country that went to war with the monarchy over a literal tea tax of about 20%

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u/Hallenaiken United States of America May 20 '25

Should probably go to war with the government now about it tbh

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u/Dramatic_Mastodon_93 May 20 '25

Why do pro-monarchy arguments always boil down to whataboutism and “my monarchy is good”?