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Understand Government Coalition (feddit.org)
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In various countries with multi-party systems, there is the concept of government coalitions. As I understand it, it is similar to cartel agreements, which we prosecute under criminal law.

  • But why are coalitions legal and needed?
  • Why does the multi-party system in Switzerland work without coalitions?
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[โ€“] ratatouille@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As far Switzerland has no coalition. Every subject is discussed directly in Parliament, while in opposite in Germany a lot of subjects are content of a coalition agreement. They subscribe at the beginning.

[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

That's more a tradition within the Swiss government in how it conducts itself compared to other countries like Germany. Plenty of coalitions in other governments will allow for votes on issues where the majority government doesn't have a stance.

Also, Swiss use of direct democracy is different than other European democracies, some of which don't have direct plebiscites.