>And your point is.....?
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>Ministries go back to medieval times and I would expect democratization to be grafted onto the existing structures. That proves nothing.

So influence on structure has left the structure intact.

Some ideas may have influenced some other ideas, some habits may have changed under the influence, some laws may have been influenced - that I would expect. But the government structure, no trace of change under influence.

My point: you got the right house, wrong door.

>>>You're right, it was not unknown. In Britain, Sweden, and ostensibly in Russia, there were constitutional monarchies. Probably others that escape me now....oh yeah, San Marino (lol). Still, though, the American influence on current government structure in Europe is inescapable.
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>>Just out of curiosity, is there really any European country where the government doesn't have ministries but departments, where the ministry of foreign affairs is called anything but, where there's no prime minister but the country's president acts as one. I remember only one where ministries were not called ministries, and the ministers were not ministers, and even the government wasn't called government.