Eugen Ferdinand Pius Bernhard Felix Maria, the Erzherzog Von Habsburg (1863-1954), lived in a suite at Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel from 1919 to 23 May 1934. He was a nephew of Karl von Habsburg (1887-1922), the last emperor of the Habsburg Empire. Both left the new Austrian Republic in 1919 after World War … Read more » “The Last Habsburger in Basel”
The parliamentary system consists of two chambers. This article focuses on the Council of States or Ständerat (Kantonskammer, Zweite Kammer, Kleine Kammer, Senate, Chambre de réflexion). The other chamber, the National Council, Nationalrat (or Volkskammer, Erste Kammer, Grosse Kammer), will be discussed in the next article. This contribution briefly reviews the history, role, and place in the constitutional system and the … Read more » “The Council of States”
Introduction Direct democracy, federalism and a unique political system of directly elected members of the executive (government) in the canton and the municipality are the basis of the country’s political stability. On all three levels, municipality, canton and federal government (Bund/Fédération), collegiality applies: the government speaks with one voice. The government can never be dismissed … Read more » “The Electoral System”
