Hvem har magten i et konstitutionelt monarki?
Spanien
Constitutional monarchy
I dag er lidt mere end en fjerdedel af de konstitutionelle monarkier vesteuropæiske lande, herunder Storbritannien, Spanien, Nederlandene, Belgien, Norge, Danmark, Luxembourg, Monaco, Liechtenstein og Sverige. De to mest folkerige konstitutionelle monarkier i verden ligger imidlertid i Asien: Japan og Thailand. I disse lande har premierministeren de daglige regeringsbeføjelser, mens monarken bevarer de resterende (men ikke altid ubetydelige) beføjelser. Monarkens beføjelser varierer fra land til land. I Danmark og Belgien udnævner monarken f.eks. formelt en repræsentant til at lede dannelsen af en koalitionsregering efter et parlamentsvalg, mens kongen i Norge leder særlige møder i kabinettet.
Spain
Constitutional monarchy
Today slightly more than a quarter of constitutional monarchies are Western European countries, including the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg, Monaco, Liechtenstein and Sweden. However, the two most populous constitutional monarchies in the world are in Asia: Japan and Thailand. In these countries the prime minister holds the day-to-day powers of governance, while the monarch retains residual (but not always insignificant) powers. The powers of the monarch differ between countries. In Denmark and in Belgium, for example, the Monarch formally appoints a representative to preside over the creation of a coalition government following a parliamentary election, while in Norway the King chairs special meetings of the cabinet.
Constitutional monarchy