Politics of Switzerland Political parties in Switzerland Elections in Switzerland: 2003 Switzerland is a federal republic, and perhaps the closest state in the world to a direct democracy. ... Political parties in Switzerland lists political parties in Switzerland. ... Politics of Switzerland Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Switzerland ... Legislative elections in the Swiss Confederation were held on 19 October 2003. ...
The Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland (Switzerland: Eidgenössisch-Demokratische Union, Union Démocratique Fédérale, Unione Democratica Federale) is a political party in Switzerland. At the last legislativeelections, 19 october 2003, the party won 1.3 % of the popular vote and 2 out of 200 seats. A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Politics of Switzerland Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Switzerland ...
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The cantons, loosely bound by a federal diet and by individual treaties and often torn by internal feuds, were seriously split by the Reformation, preached by Zwingli at Zürich and by Calvin at Geneva.
Switzerland was an island of prosperity when, in 1648, at the end of the war, its formal independence was recognized in the Peace of Westphalia.
Switzerland was a member of the League of Nations, and although it has long participated in many activities of the United Nations, it did not become a UN member until 2002 for fear that its neutrality would be compromised.
Switzerland also contains a large number of lakes, the largest of which are on the edges of the Alps and the Jura, such as Geneva or Leman, Constance, Neuchâtel, Lucerne, Lugano, Maggiore, and Zürich.
The Federal Council is responsible for the exercise of its office to the Federal Assembly, yet the rejection by the chambers of a bill offered by a member of the Federal Council does not necessitate the dismissal of the respective member.
The federal attorney-general is appointed by the Federal Council.
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