Government instability in Europe: which are the most stable and the most unstable states?

 

Government instability in Europe: which are the most stable and the most unstable states? Source: revista CULTURA 

The whole world is experimenting with new political formulas to adapt to the technical and cultural developments that have already transformed societies. The search for the optimal state is carried out in a different way in almost every country. There are also some dominant ones: the Asian states are betting, at least for the time being, on the growth of authoritarianism and the political alienation of the electorate. In the Euro-Atlantic area, where the democratic foundations are far too solid, the dominant is radically opposite: there they are betting on the technicalization of the governing act and limiting the influence of politicians on politics.

Given that, in most European states, elections have a 4-year cycle, in the last 30 years each of them would have accounted for 7.5 cabinets in conditions of maximum political stability. In practice, only 7 of the 49 states in Europe had this kind of stability. This is the case with micro-states such as Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, plus Switzerland (which has a radically different political system), Norway and Cyprus. Otherwise, even in autocratic states like Russia and Hungary, the average was almost double. In the 49 countries of Europe, in the last 30 years there were 622 cabinets, double the condition of maximum stability.

The absolute champion is Romania, with 23 governments during this period (compared to 7, which was the minimum possible). But the trend was somewhat common in all countries in the area. Ukraine and Bulgaria accounted for almost the same number of cabinets, and instability was increased from the Mediterranean (from Greece) to the Baltic (Poland and Estonia). Among Western countries, France and Italy also approached the number of 20 cabinets.