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It isn't like a cartel. It is a continuation of the freedom of association.
In legislatures, the legislative body generally needs a majority to get anything done. To help with that process, parties will come together in an agreement on what will be done. The agreement can be as minor as supplying votes for certain policies to splitting up which government agencies are run by the different parties.
And Switzerland absolutely has a coalition government.
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.
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.