r/europe • u/Mynteblomst • May 20 '25

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

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u/Mirar Sweden May 20 '25

Having a president seems a liability. I prefer monarchy.

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u/Pentti1 May 20 '25

As a Finn, I agree. Our president doesn't have much power nowadays (because a former president had too much power and stayed as president for too long) so what's the point of having presidential elections? A monarch could do the same things. For some reason presidential elections are also the elections where most people vote even though they don't affect people's lives like other elections.

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u/Sigma_Chad29 Earth May 20 '25

As a Finn, I agree

If Finland is to have a monarchy, go for the title of "Great Khan" Just go all in with the Finngolia memes.

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u/Jessez_FIN Finland May 20 '25

Also Emperor of Rome and Tsar of Russia. No i will not elaborate.

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u/machine4891 Opole (Poland) May 20 '25

It's not liability and its there because we want him/her to be there. Chosen by poeple, limited in terms and accountable. We can just as easily get rid off the idea if we want to. You can do it to monarchy too but due to democratic, not royalty process, lol. Just say you like your system but don't shit on others.

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u/Mirar Sweden May 21 '25

There's been a bit too many presidents that are not limited in term nor accountable lately...

While there's been very few problems with kings the last years.

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u/No-Internal-4796 May 21 '25

A president, as an elected political figure, is much more divisive than a monarch, in most cases