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Geneva was the first canton to have a socialist government, with Léon Nicole as president. In the fourth party platform, promulgated in 1935, the SP rejected the idea of the dictatorship of the proletariat, but supporting the creation of a socialist society on "free and consensual foundations" remained the party's goal.
"The Arab Republic of Egypt is a Socialist Democratic State based on the alliance of the working forces of the people." The 2007 Amendments removed the mentioned of Egypt as a socialist state from Article One. [78] [79] [80] Socialism was still mentioned in the preamble and other sections, but fully removed following the 2011 revolution. [81 ...
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Switzerland a "full democracy" in 2022. [6] [needs update] According to Freedom House, an American NGO, Switzerland is among the freest countries in the world, with a 2020 score of 39/40 on political rights and 57/60 on civil liberties (for a combined score of 96/100). [24]
This is a list of political parties in Switzerland. Switzerland has a multi-party system. Since 1959, the four largest parties have formed a coalition government, according to a Zauberformel or "magic formula". This arithmetic formula divides the seven cabinet seats among representatives of the four largest parties. [1]
The Social Democratic Group (German: Sozialdemokratische fraktion, French: Groupe socialiste, Italian: Gruppo socialista, abbreviated S) is the second largest parliamentary group in the Swiss Federal Assembly.
The Swiss People's Party (German: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; Romansh: Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (French: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; Italian: Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a national-conservative [13] [14] and right-wing populist [15] political party in Switzerland.
His government spent more in five years than it had in its prior 143 years of independence. Pérez "made the central bank a cash cow for the treasury," Ball observed, "decreed nationwide salary ...
Socialism portal The main article for this category is Socialism in Switzerland . Socialism is an economic system characterised by social ownership and control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy, and a political philosophy advocating such a system.