Bundesversammlung

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The Bundesversammlung is the bicameral federal legislature of Switzerland, comprising the National Council and the Council of States.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
abbreviation BV (context-dependent) ⓘ
canAmend Swiss Federal Constitution ⓘ
canOverride popular initiatives under certain conditions ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
convenesAs United Federal Assembly ⓘ
convenesRegularly four regular sessions per year ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
elects Federal Chancellor of Switzerland ⓘ
Federal Council of Switzerland ⓘ
General of the Swiss Armed Forces in time of war ⓘ
judges of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland ⓘ
establishedInCurrentFormBy Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
hasChamber Council of States ⓘ
National Council ⓘ
Nationalrat ⓘ
linked to: Conseil national

Ständerat ⓘ
hasCommitteeSystem parliamentary committees ⓘ
hasPower budgetary authority at federal level ⓘ
treaty-approving authority ⓘ
isBicameral true ⓘ
language French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Romansh ⓘ
linked to: Romansh language
legislatureOf Swiss Confederation ⓘ
linked to: Switzerland
locatedIn Bern ⓘ
meetsAsUnitedAssemblyIn National Council chamber ⓘ
meetsIn Federal Palace of Switzerland ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
officialName Asamblea Federal ⓘ
linked to: Federal Assembly

Assemblea federale ⓘ
Assemblée fédérale ⓘ
Bundesversammlung ⓘ
passes federal decrees ⓘ
federal laws ⓘ
represents Swiss cantons ⓘ
Swiss people ⓘ
shortName Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ
supervises Federal Administration of Switzerland ⓘ
Federal Council of Switzerland ⓘ
federal courts of Switzerland ⓘ
termLengthOfNationalCouncil 4 years ⓘ
votingSystemForNationalCouncil proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.parlament.ch ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swiss Federal Assembly → nativeName → Bundesversammlung ⓘ
Assemblée fédérale → officialName → Bundesversammlung ⓘ
Assemblée fédérale → GermanName → Bundesversammlung ⓘ
Federal Assembly (German Confederation) → nativeLabel → Bundesversammlung ⓘ
subject linked to: Federal Assembly
BV → refersTo → Bundesversammlung (Federal Assembly) ⓘ
subject linked to: BV (context-dependent)
linked to: Bundesversammlung