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Switzerland is a federal republic, and perhaps the closest state in the world to a direct democracy. ...
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| | Politics Portal · edit | The Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (German: Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei der Schweiz (FDP), French: Parti radical-démocratique suisse (PRD), Italian: Partito liberale radicale svizzero (PLR)) is a free market liberal party in Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Council (in German, Schweizerische Bundesrat; in French, Conseil fédéral suisse; in Italian, Consiglio federale svizzero; in Romansh, Cussegl federal svizzer) is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the government of Switzerland, as well as assuming functions corresponding to those of the head of state...
The table below shows the members of the Swiss Federal Council or Federal Councilors (in German: Bundesräte, in French: conseillers fédéraux, in Italian: consiglieri federali) for any given year since instauration of the federal council (in German: Bundesrat, in French: conseil fédéral, in Italian: consiglio...
Moritz Leuenberger (born September 21, 1946) is a Swiss politician. ...
The list of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation (1848-present) presents the presiding member of the Swiss Federal Council, Switzerlands seven-member executive. ...
Pascal Couchepin (born April 5, 1942) is a Swiss politician. ...
Joseph Deiss (born January 18, 1946) is an economist and Swiss politician. ...
Samuel Schmid Samuel Schmid (born January 8, 1947) is a member of the Swiss Federal Council, heading the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. ...
Micheline Calmy-Rey (born July 8, 1945) is a Swiss politician. ...
The list of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation (1848-present) presents the presiding member of the Swiss Federal Council, Switzerlands seven-member executive. ...
Christoph Blocher (born 11 October 1940) is a Swiss politician, industrialist and member of the Swiss Federal Council heading the Federal Department of Justice and Police. ...
Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) is a Swiss politician. ...
The Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler, in German; Chancelier fédéral in French; Cancelliere della Confederazione in Italian) is the head of the Federal Chancellery, which acts as the general staff of the seven-member Federal Council (the federal government). ...
The Bundeshaus (Swiss parliament building) The Federal Assembly (in German, Bundesversammlung; in French, Assemblée fédérale; in Italian language, Assemblea federale), is Switzerlands federal parliament. ...
The Council of States of Switzerland (German: Ständerat, French Conseil des Etats, Italian Consiglio degli Stati) is the upper house of the Swiss parliament. ...
This is a list of the members of the Swiss Council of States of the current legislature (2003-2007). ...
The National Council of Switzerland (German: Nationalrat, French: Conseil National, Italian: Consiglio Nazionale) is the large Chamber of the parliament and has 200 seats. ...
This is a list of the 200 members of the Swiss National Council (as of January 2005). ...
Political parties in Switzerland lists political parties in Switzerland. ...
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Legislative elections in the Swiss Confederation were held on 19 October 2003. ...
Voting in Switzerland is the process with which Swiss citizens make decisions about governance and elect officials. ...
The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (Tribunal fédéral in French, Schweizerisches Bundesgericht in German, Tribunale federale in Italian) is the supreme court of Switzerland. ...
The twenty-six cantons of Switzerland are the states of the federal state of Switzerland. ...
Flag of Switzerland. ...
Human rights are comprehensively guaranteed in Switzerland, one of Europes oldest democracies. ...
Since 1848, the Swiss Confederation has been a federal state of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the worlds oldest surviving republics. ...
Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ...
A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy...
This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently. ...
The party is a member of Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. A few of the cantonal parties in Central Switzerland are/were named Liberal Party (Liberale Partei), and not affiliated with the Liberal Party of Switzerland. As of March 2005, the party president is Fulvio Pelli. Current members in the Federal Council are Pascal Couchepin and Hans-Rudolf Merz. The Liberal International is an international organization for international liberal parties. ...
The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (founded in 1993) is a liberal party, active in the European Union, uniting liberal and centrist parties around Europe which together represent more than 20 million European voters and is an international non-profit association incorporated under the laws of Belgium. ...
The Liberal Party of Switzerland (German: Liberale Partei der Schweiz, French: Parti liberal suisse, Italian: Partito Liberale Svizzero) is a free market liberal party in Switzerland. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Swiss Federal Council (in German, Schweizerische Bundesrat; in French, Conseil fédéral suisse; in Italian, Consiglio federale svizzero; in Romansh, Cussegl federal svizzer) is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the government of Switzerland, as well as assuming functions corresponding to those of the head of state...
Pascal Couchepin (born April 5, 1942) is a Swiss politician. ...
Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) is a Swiss politician. ...
In 2003, it hold 36 mandates (out of 200) in the Swiss National Council (first chamber of the Swiss parliament); 14 (out of 46) in the second chamber and 2 out of 7 mandates in the Swiss Federal Council (executive body). By 2005, it hold 27,2% of the seats in the Swiss Cantonal governments and 19,7% in the Swiss Cantonal parliaments (index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats). The National Council of Switzerland is the large Chamber of the parliament and has 200 seats. ...
The Swiss Federal Council (in German, Schweizerische Bundesrat; in French, Conseil fédéral suisse; in Italian, Consiglio federale svizzero; in Romansh, Cussegl federal svizzer) is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the government of Switzerland, as well as assuming functions corresponding to those of the head of state...
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As a classical Liberal party, the FDP generally opposes state intervention in social and economic affairs. Based on its conception of the individual as free, sovereign and self-responsible, it rejects notions of a welfare state and paternalist regulation that became common in Liberalism in other European countries in the late nineteenth century. The FDP professes faith in the free market, free trade, economic deregulation and the rule of law. This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently. ...
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A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy...
Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ...
Deregulation is the process by which governments remove restrictions on business in order to (in theory) encourage the efficient operation of markets. ...
The rule of law implies that government authority may only be exercised in accordance with written laws, which were adopted through an established procedure. ...
As regards specific issues, it is often labeled progressive with regard to social policy, supporting e.g. the legalisation of soft drugs and legal recognition for same-sex couples. In economic policy, it generally favors reduced government spending, tax cuts and a flexible labour market. However, like most other Swiss parties it has no tradition of strong central leadership or ideological unity, and consequently the views of its individual representatives or functionaries vary considerably across the rough center of the political spectrum. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...
The term soft drug is given sometimes to a range of drugs that are supposed to be less harmful than other drugs, called hard drugs. ...
Same-sex marriage (also called gay marriage, marriage equality, and often just marriage by its proponents, and—usually by its opponents—homosexual marriage) refers to a marriage between individuals of the same gender (for other forms of same-sex unions that are different from marriages, see the articles linked in...
The FDP is often considered to be closely associated with Swiss business interests, in particular banks and pharmaceutical companies. In the eyes of its detractors on the Right, this has caused it to abandon its liberal values at times, e.g. by its support of import protection for medicine or of the expensive 2002 government bailout of the failing national airline, Swissair. Iain Banks is a Scottish-born writer of both mainstream and science fiction novels. ...
A pharmaceutical company is a licensed drug company, licensed to discover, develop, markets and distribute drugs. ...
Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. ...
For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
Swissair MD-11 Swissair, short for Swiss Air Transport Company Limited, was Switzerlands national airline for 71 years (1931–2002), established when the airlines Belair and Ad Astra Aero (To the Stars) merged. ...
History The elements liberal, radical and "free-thinking" (German freisinnig) in the party's name suggest a left-wing party, while in the current political landscape of Switzerland, the FDP is center-right. This is because the name dates back to the conflicts during the period of Restauration between the Catholic conservative cantons and the Protestant liberal cantons that led to the foundation of the Swiss federal state in 1848. The bourgeois Protestant cantons had defeated the Catholic cantons, and from 1848 until 1891, the Federal Council was composed entirely of FDP members. The "Radical Party" of the restoration was actually left-wing compared to the Catholic Conservative Party, and it was only with the rise of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland in the early 20th century that the FDP found itself on the right side of the political center. This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently. ...
The term Radical (latin radix meaning root) has been used since the late 18th century as a label in political science for those favoring or trying to produce thoroughgoing or extreme political reforms which can include changes to the social order to a greater or lesser extent. ...
The Züriputsch: clashes on Zürich Paradeplatz The Restauration is the period of Swiss history lasting from 1814 to 1847. ...
In 1847, the period of Swiss history known as Restauration ended with the breaking out of a war between the conservative Catholic and the liberal Protestant Swiss cantons (the Sonderbundskrieg). ...
1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The Swiss Federal Council (in German, Schweizerische Bundesrat; in French, Conseil fédéral suisse; in Italian, Consiglio federale svizzero; in Romansh, Cussegl federal svizzer) is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the government of Switzerland, as well as assuming functions corresponding to those of the head of state...
The Christian Democratic Peoples Party of Switzerland (Also called Christan-Democratic Party, German: Christlich Demokratische Volkspartei (CVP), French: Parti Démocrate-Chrétien Suisse (PDC), Italian: Partito Popolare Democratico Svizzero (PPD), Romansh: Partida Cristiandemocratica Svizra (PCD)) is a political party in Switzerland and a member of the Swiss coalition...
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (also rendered as Socialist Party of Switzerland, in German: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (SPS), French Parti socialiste suisse (PSS), Italian Partito Socialista Svizzero, Romansh Partida Socialdemocrata de la Svizra. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
Presidents - 1978-1984 Yann Richter, Neuchâtel
- 1984-1989 Bruno Hunziker, Aargau
- 1989-2001 Franz Steinegger, Uri
- 2001-2002 Gerold Bührer, Schaffhausen
- 2002-2004 Christiane Langenberger, Vaud
- 2004 Rolf Schweiger, Zug
- 2005- Fulvio Pelli, Ticino
Neuchâtel is a canton of Switzerland. ...
For other uses, see Aargau (disambiguation). ...
Uri is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. ...
The Canton of Schaffhausen is a canton of Switzerland. ...
The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ...
(help· info) (-German; French: Zoug; Italian: Zugo) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. ...
Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland, and almost entirely German-speaking municipality of Italian enclave of Campione dItalia. ...
See also This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently. ...
This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ...
This article discusses liberalism as a major political current in specific regions and countries. ...
This is an overview of parties that adhere more or less (explicitly) to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. ...
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This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberalism by country | Swiss political parties ...
External links - Free Democratic Party official site (in German)
- Free Democratic Party official site (in French)
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