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Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education

This content was published on Sep 11, 2006 This is an assembly of the 26 cantonal government ministers who are responsible for education, training, culture and sport. It is responsible for the national coordination in all areas of educational and cultural policy in Switzerland.

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Conference of Cantonal Governments

This content was published on Sep 11, 2006 Founded in 1993, this promotes cooperation on matters in which the cantons have responsibility and on federal issues having implications for the cantons. It guarantees coordination and information and serves as a conduit between the Confederation and the cantons on important domestic and foreign policy dossiers.

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House of Representatives

This content was published on Sep 11, 2006 The House of Representatives (also referred to as the National Council) is one of two parliamentary chambers. Its 200 members are elected directly by the people (in the cantons). The number of parliamentarians each canton sends to the House depends on the size of its population. The House and the Senate, which sit in the…

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Senate

This content was published on Sep 11, 2006 The Senate (also referred to as the Council of States) consists of 46 members and is the smaller parliamentary chamber. Its members represent the 26 cantons. The “full” cantons, of which there are 20, each send two representatives to the Senate, while six “half” cantons have one senator each. The Senate and the House of…

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Parliamentary Committee

This content was published on Sep 11, 2006 Parliamentary committees, which exist for both chambers, examine issues related to their area of expertise and put forward recommendations to their respective chambers. The finance committee, for example, analyses budget questions. There are 12 permanent committees for each parliamentary chamber. Their composition reflects the weight of the political parties in parliament.

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Navigating the party between left and right

This content was published on Sep 10, 2006 Darbellay outlines the current challenges of walking the political tightrope in Switzerland, which remains sharply polarised between left and right. The parliamentarian from canton Valais, who was elected president of the centre-right Christian Democrats on September 2 with 214 out of 218 votes, recently stirred up controversy with his comments that Justice Minister Christoph Blocher…

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Austrian president emphasises common bonds

This content was published on Sep 7, 2006 Fischer, who was received by members of the Swiss government on Thursday in the capital Bern, hailed the pluralistic tradition of Switzerland and said he was an admirer of Switzerland’s impressive stability. Besides bilateral accords, discussions focused on European and international issues, notably the situation in the Middle East, with both countries seeing themselves as…

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Swiss pledge additional funds for Middle East

This content was published on Sep 6, 2006 The funds are intended to allow emergency relief work to continue in Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The additional funds approved by cabinet take the total Swiss contribution to just over SFr20 million. The government gave the Swiss-led International Committee of the Red Cross SFr5.2…

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Solution to Iran crisis “likely to take time”

This content was published on Sep 1, 2006 Tim Guldimann, who now teaches at Frankfurt University, says that two tracks are now being pursued by the international community – dialogue and possible sanctions. Guldimann was speaking a day after Iran failed to heed a United Nations deadline for it to halt its nuclear programme or face possible sanctions. Iran has said it will…

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No rest for the partisans

This content was published on Aug 31, 2006 But when it comes to politics, America is divided and polarized as never before. Consensus-ruled Switzerland has another year to wait for parliamentary elections. My late summer thoughts are of Swiss National Day, which we celebrated this year on Ellis Island in New York Harbor. The festivities were impressive and joyful. In the presence of…

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