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are proposed by the parliament to change, there has to be a vote<br />

about it.<br />

- Fakultatives Referendum:<br />

If any other law changes, which doesn't underly any of the<br />

restrictions above, there is only one chance to get a vote about<br />

it: From the day on, a law has been accepted by parliament, any<br />

movement of people in switzerland has three months time to<br />

collect 50'000 approved signs of swiss citizens, to enforce a<br />

vote about it, otherwise it gets valid three months after<br />

proposal.<br />

- Petition: A non-binding proposal/question to the<br />

government.<br />

B. Newspapers: I know, the "NZZ-Neue Zuercher Zeitung" is<br />

available in the USA. It's disadvantage is, it's written in<br />

german. It has all the major political discussions and the<br />

protocols of parliamentary sessions printed. It is influenced by<br />

the "Parti Radical Democratique/Freisinnig Demokratische Partei",<br />

which is a liberal party. It is the one party, which founded our<br />

Federative System, as it now is.<br />

C. Some interesting Facts about Switzerland:<br />

The Organisation of Switzerland into several "Kantone" had<br />

originally been made by Napoleon the Ist. With some smaller<br />

exceptions The political map is still the same as when Napoleon<br />

was here.<br />

* Our Constitution as it actually is, had massively been<br />

influenced by the Constitution of the USA.<br />

The major difference is: We don't have a powerful president,<br />

we have seven ministers, which rule together.<br />

Another major difference in our political life is:<br />

* We aren't used to have a single party ruling !<br />

We have four parties with this division of power:<br />

SVP (1 Minister), FDP (2), CVP (2), SP (2).<br />

SVP: Schweizerische Volks-Partei / Swiss people's party<br />

Traditional Party, on the right wing.<br />

FDP: Freisinnig Demokratische Partei / Free Democratic Party<br />

Liberal Party, centered.<br />

CVP: Christliche Volks-Partei / Christian people's party<br />

Liberal to Social Party, centered.<br />

SP: Sozialdemokratische Partei / Socialdemocratic Party<br />

Worker's Party, left.<br />

* This Formula is called the "Zauberformel" (magic formula).<br />

Therefore our government is not only representing about 51% of<br />

all voting people, but even around 90% of our people.

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