26-09-2022, 10:33 AM
(26-09-2022, 09:22 AM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote: When you consider that Germany's Chancellor is equivalent to our Prime Minister it all gets very muddy
Though Germany's Chancellor is actually one of the few examples of a non-standard term being universally accepted. Typically, Heads of Government are simply called Prime Minister regardless of the official English name - Italy's PM, for instance, is officially the President of the Council of Ministers, but always called the Prime Minister. Germany seem to have a knack at getting through these conventions - it's not uncommon to see the German parliament called the Bundestag or The Left party called Die Linke in English-language publications.