Switzerland

National Council Council of States

Council of States

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Bicameral
IPU membership
Yes
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Budget

Data on parliament’s budget role and activities

Parliamentary powers to amend the budget
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Notes: The Federal Assembly is not obliged to support the Federal Council's draft. It cannot, however, refuse to approve the relevant expenditure, i.e. expenditure in an amount that has been defined or is definable and that the Confederation must implement under the Constitution, a law or an agreement. If it does not agree with the amount of the expenditure, it must modfiy the related legal bases.

Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis
No
Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit
No information available
Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
17 Aug 2022
(2023)
Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
08 Dec 2022
(2023)
Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year
113
(2023)
National currency
Swiss Franc (CHF)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
1.000
(2023)
State budget, per year
81,038,000,000 CHF
(2023)
State budget, per year in PPP
73,007,207,207
(2023)

Historical data for IPU membership

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Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No