Here’s Where Turmoil Is the New Normal
Losing a prime minister or failing to form a government is not necessarily a sign of weakness for some leaders.
People march in front of the Romanian parliament in 2017.
Photographer: Andrei Pungovschi/AFP via Getty Images
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It's been a tough week for some governments in eastern Europe. One is struggling to get off the ground, one is about to get its third prime minister in a year and another faces a parliamentary debate on corruption.
Rather than exposing the weakness of leaderships in some of the European Union's youngest democracies, the apparent turmoil masks the strength of the populist strongmen who run the countries.