FEDERAL ASSEMBLY OF SWITZERLAND

The Federal Assembly in the chamber of the National Council. The members of the Council of States are seated in the back in pairs.

The 'Federal Assembly' (in German, ''Bundesversammlung''; in French, ''Assemblée fédérale''; in Italian, ''Assemblea federale''), is Switzerland's federal parliament. It meets in Bern in the ''Bundeshaus''.
The Federal Assembly is responsible for electing the Federal Council, the Federal Chancellor, and federal judges. It also appoints a General in case of crisis or war.
The Swiss parliament meets in the Federal Palace (''Bundeshaus'').


Contents
Composition
See also
External link

Composition


The Federal Assembly is made up of two chambers:

★ the National Council, with 200 seats

★ the Council of States, with 46 councillors.
Seats in the National Council are allocated to the cantons proportionally, based on population. In the Council of States, every canton has two seats (except for the former "half-cantons", which have one seat each).

See also



★ Swiss federal election, 2003

External link



★ Official site

This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.

psst.. try this: add to faves
©2009 TripAtlas.com