06-07-2008, 04:41 PM
Quote:I don't know about your constitution.There are days that we Dutch don't know that either... Officially, we're a parliamentary, constitutional monarchy. Now you may choose what that means: rule by a democratically elected parliament, rule by law, or rule by our queen? It used to mean that it was a messy bureaucracy, but over the past years, it's changing into - well, I wish I'd understand what on earth is going on in this confused country.