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Collective responsibility

The principle of collective responsibility is enshrined in law. The seven members of the government are obliged to take decisions collectively and then undertake to support the cabinet’s policies, even if they do not personally agree with them. In recent years, due partly to a greater polarisation of Swiss politics, the principle of collective responsibility has often been under severe strain.

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