Research Paper on:
Great Britain and France's Political System Differences

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their own nations. Many old governments are relatively stable, but France for instance has been through many governments in its history. It seems that today, four of western Europes largest  countries have left-of-center governments, and one may want to ask, has a New Age for the European Left arrived? ("A New Age," 1999). The Social Democrat Gerhard Schroder defeated incumbent  Chancellor Helmut Kohl in a national election and today he is Germanys new leader (1999). This is just one example of what is occurring in Europe as a new liberal  ideology emerges. The New Labour Party where Tony Blair continues to outmaneuver the Conservatives as Britains prime minister is another case in point (1999). France too has a left-wing government  of socialists, communists, as well as Gre Thes under Lionel Jospin that quite readily dominates a right-wing president (1999). The Italian Prime Minister Massimo dAlema also utilizes the former communist  DS to remain in power (1999). While it is apparent that Europe is changing, perhaps the most poignant examples are in France and Britain. It seems that the biggest influence  on Blair is not Karl Marx but Margaret Thatcher as Blair has decidedly accepted most of the Thatcherite legacy which includes an affinity for privatization, trade union reform, and  a strong role for the market and "new individualism" ("A New Age," 1999). That sounds hardly liberal. Privatization for example is quite the opposite. In France, however, the socialists are  trying to govern like true believers is socialism (1999). Prime Minister Jospin has in fact pledged to create 350,000 public-sector jobs for those who are young and also plans to  reduce the basic workweek from 39 to 35 hours (1999). He will try to accomplish this without any loss of pay (1999). This is a remarkable claim in light