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Actually, as a fiercly federalist country politics are very much comparable to a lesser corrupt US. In fact parts of the US system were implemented with the fou

Actually, as a fiercly federalist country politics are very much comparable to a lesser corrupt US. In fact parts of the US system were implemented with the founding of the Swiss Confederation. Namely the two houses. The principle of governance is to push as much power as possible as locally as possible. Communities and cities as well as cantons (states) in Switzerland have a lot of leeway in handling their affairs. As long there's no violation of higher principles. For example a violation of the federal constitution.

JumpCrisscross 8y ago
> parts of the US system were implemented with the founding of the Swiss Confederation Specifically, on the California constitution. (The Swiss system improves on California’s referendum process by making the referenda texts non-binding as law, but binding as instructions on the legislature.)
- mkempe 8y ago
  You're inventing a past influence of California as a model for other parts of the world. The Swiss constitution of 1848 is modeled after the US Constitution [1], not after such a thing as a Californian political model -- especially since California was not admitted to the Union until 1850... popular initiatives (not just referenda) were adopted in Zurich before spreading to other Swiss cantons and then being also adopted at the Federal level. [1] http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/switzerland-federal-constitution-1848.html http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/switzerland...