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See the discussion at the FDP page. For the time being I suggest we wait for the answer of the FDP and then make definitive choices. In the note I will add Freethinking Democratic Party as one of the translations used. Gangulf 18:53, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I'm not clear on whether Switzerland's famous "neutrality" also includes economic protectionism (the other half of the perjorative "isolationism". A section on Swiss economic policies would be informative. -- Tokalon73 12:30, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps a clarification of who constitutes "the people" is in order. 1.5 million Swiss residents are not citizens even though they were born in the country and thus have no citizenship rights. [1] DHN 20:49, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It was suggested that Voting in Switzerland be merged into the Switzerland main article but I think that it might be better to merge it with this article instead. Any thoughts Hdstubbs 02:53, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
"In practice, the people have the last word in every change of law if an interest group disagrees with."
I deleted above quote because it makes no sense. Hdstubbs 02:59, 1 February 2006 (UTC)Feel free to put it back into the article when it has a subject. Hdstubbs 02:59, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
What are the qualifications to become a member of the Federal Council ? More specifically, do members of the Federal Council have to be elected members of the Federal Assembly or not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.24.19.82 ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 20 February 2006
Numerous countries have an article on referendum. Given the Swiss use of them, I would have thought there would be one for Swiss. Something to think about anyway. Referendums in Switzerland. -- Midnight tonight 08:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
As of September 20, this entry is unclear:
It is not clear by what measure the People's party in 1999 is the largest party, and useful to know: is it by votes in the election, seats won in the National Council, or the Council of States, or both houses combined, or some other measure? Yellowdesk 19:54, 20 September 2006 (UTC) tyler snyder smells
>Switzerland features a system of government not seen at the national level on any other place on Earth: direct democracy
I've read the paragraph and it doesn't seem to me that Switzerland is unique in the world, i.e. in Italy people can play a role in the legislative process about in the same way: propose a law with 50000 signatures, ask for a referendum against an existing law (with no time limits) and repel a change to the constitution with a referendum. You should explain why a Swiss situation is different or remove this statement.
Tcp-ip 21:47, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
The government section of the "Outline of Switzerland" needs to be checked, corrected, and completed -- especially the subsections for the government branches.
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I'm not sure which category Switzerland belongs to. Currently it's classified as a directorial republic, though I still see parliamentary republic mentioned in the main Switzerland article. Being directorial doesn't really answer this question, because all it means is that executive power is legally shared by a group. It still leaves the question of whether that executive authority is derived from the legislature or is independent from it.
It looks like the Federal Council is elected by the legislature but cannot be dismissed or impeached by the legislature? So wouldn't the executive be independent in this case? Abstractematics ( talk) 07:24, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
"Political extremism is not a widespread phenomenon in Switzerland, although far-left extremism has increased slightly since the turn of the century in 2000 has resulted in improved organization of the far left, but it has no noticeable impact on parliamentary or direct democracy. Far-left activists briefly won the attention of mainstream media for protesting in favor of open borders and against the banning of the construction of minarets. The federal police further recognizes some activity by extremist Islamist groups as well as extremist or violent ethnic Albanian, Turkish, Kurdish and Tamil groups which mostly remain under-cover and aim at funding their activities."
I removed the above section, assuming it to have been a simple act of vandalism rather than a genuine contribution. However, Winner 42 reverted my edit with the comment that the deleted section was not vandalism. I guess, as at least one user considers it to be a useful and acceptable contribution to Wikipedia, the appropriate step is to open the issue for discussion here on the talk page. I think it should be deleted due to the non-neutral POV (open borders and allowing the construction of minarets do not meet any usual, neutral definition of "extremism"), because of lack of citation and furthermore because of lack of notability (a slight increase in far-left extremism with "no noticeable impact on parliamentary or direct democracy" does not warrant mention).
The last sentence could be retained, but then I think the section would need to be expanded to include mention of other extremist groups.
-- Static Sleepstorm ( talk) 10:44, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Switzerland is a directorial republic. Officially the head of state role is not the "President of the Confederation" but the Federal Council it self. The president is a merely ceromnial role what turn every year among it's member and don't have more power whan the others members of the council DR5996 ( talk) 20:50, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
The redirect Government of Switzerland has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 January 23 § Government of Switzerland until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 05:05, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
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See the discussion at the FDP page. For the time being I suggest we wait for the answer of the FDP and then make definitive choices. In the note I will add Freethinking Democratic Party as one of the translations used. Gangulf 18:53, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I'm not clear on whether Switzerland's famous "neutrality" also includes economic protectionism (the other half of the perjorative "isolationism". A section on Swiss economic policies would be informative. -- Tokalon73 12:30, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps a clarification of who constitutes "the people" is in order. 1.5 million Swiss residents are not citizens even though they were born in the country and thus have no citizenship rights. [1] DHN 20:49, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It was suggested that Voting in Switzerland be merged into the Switzerland main article but I think that it might be better to merge it with this article instead. Any thoughts Hdstubbs 02:53, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
"In practice, the people have the last word in every change of law if an interest group disagrees with."
I deleted above quote because it makes no sense. Hdstubbs 02:59, 1 February 2006 (UTC)Feel free to put it back into the article when it has a subject. Hdstubbs 02:59, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
What are the qualifications to become a member of the Federal Council ? More specifically, do members of the Federal Council have to be elected members of the Federal Assembly or not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.24.19.82 ( talk • contribs) 18:00, 20 February 2006
Numerous countries have an article on referendum. Given the Swiss use of them, I would have thought there would be one for Swiss. Something to think about anyway. Referendums in Switzerland. -- Midnight tonight 08:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
As of September 20, this entry is unclear:
It is not clear by what measure the People's party in 1999 is the largest party, and useful to know: is it by votes in the election, seats won in the National Council, or the Council of States, or both houses combined, or some other measure? Yellowdesk 19:54, 20 September 2006 (UTC) tyler snyder smells
>Switzerland features a system of government not seen at the national level on any other place on Earth: direct democracy
I've read the paragraph and it doesn't seem to me that Switzerland is unique in the world, i.e. in Italy people can play a role in the legislative process about in the same way: propose a law with 50000 signatures, ask for a referendum against an existing law (with no time limits) and repel a change to the constitution with a referendum. You should explain why a Swiss situation is different or remove this statement.
Tcp-ip 21:47, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
The government section of the "Outline of Switzerland" needs to be checked, corrected, and completed -- especially the subsections for the government branches.
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Please check that this country's outline is not in error.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact The Transhumanist .
Thank you.
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128.178.197.229 ( talk) 06:27, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
I'm not sure which category Switzerland belongs to. Currently it's classified as a directorial republic, though I still see parliamentary republic mentioned in the main Switzerland article. Being directorial doesn't really answer this question, because all it means is that executive power is legally shared by a group. It still leaves the question of whether that executive authority is derived from the legislature or is independent from it.
It looks like the Federal Council is elected by the legislature but cannot be dismissed or impeached by the legislature? So wouldn't the executive be independent in this case? Abstractematics ( talk) 07:24, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
"Political extremism is not a widespread phenomenon in Switzerland, although far-left extremism has increased slightly since the turn of the century in 2000 has resulted in improved organization of the far left, but it has no noticeable impact on parliamentary or direct democracy. Far-left activists briefly won the attention of mainstream media for protesting in favor of open borders and against the banning of the construction of minarets. The federal police further recognizes some activity by extremist Islamist groups as well as extremist or violent ethnic Albanian, Turkish, Kurdish and Tamil groups which mostly remain under-cover and aim at funding their activities."
I removed the above section, assuming it to have been a simple act of vandalism rather than a genuine contribution. However, Winner 42 reverted my edit with the comment that the deleted section was not vandalism. I guess, as at least one user considers it to be a useful and acceptable contribution to Wikipedia, the appropriate step is to open the issue for discussion here on the talk page. I think it should be deleted due to the non-neutral POV (open borders and allowing the construction of minarets do not meet any usual, neutral definition of "extremism"), because of lack of citation and furthermore because of lack of notability (a slight increase in far-left extremism with "no noticeable impact on parliamentary or direct democracy" does not warrant mention).
The last sentence could be retained, but then I think the section would need to be expanded to include mention of other extremist groups.
-- Static Sleepstorm ( talk) 10:44, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Switzerland is a directorial republic. Officially the head of state role is not the "President of the Confederation" but the Federal Council it self. The president is a merely ceromnial role what turn every year among it's member and don't have more power whan the others members of the council DR5996 ( talk) 20:50, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
The redirect Government of Switzerland has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 January 23 § Government of Switzerland until a consensus is reached. Jay 💬 05:05, 23 January 2024 (UTC)