The Swiss Political climate is much like the United States political system except for a few differences such as they do not have a full time president. They both have a democratic government.
Switzerland's political system is run by a two Chamber Parliament. The federal chamber consists of the National Council and the Council of States. The National Council is like the U.S. House of representatives where there are 200 people and each person or persons represents a canton which is somewhat like a "state". Some cantons have more representatives than others depending on how high the population is for that canton. The Council of States can be compared to the U.S. Senate. It consists of 46 members that are elected every four years.
They also have Head of Departments for different departments such as Internal and Foreign Affairs, Justice, Infrastructure, Economy and Education, Finances, and Defense and Sports. These head of departments are elected, or re-elected every four years.
An interesting fact about Switzerland is that they do not have a full time president. People in the government rotate as president every year.
The seven major political parties in Switzerland which are:
Social Democratic Party
Free Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Party
Swiss People's Party
The Greens
Liberal Greens
Conservative Democratic Party or (BDP)
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Above is a chart that compares some of the parties such as Swiss People's Party (SVP), the Conservative Democratic Party (CVP), Social Democratic Party (SP), and the FRee Democratic Party (FDP)
Every year, the tables turn and one party is more popular. Recently the Greens have been very popular
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