Is it true Switzerland has the only direct democracy in the world and has the most successful economy in Europ

Answer 1

Yes.

True on both cases.

Switzerland has a Direct Democracy with a parliament... many of the far right accuse their form of democracy / econcomy of being the bad 's' word... socialist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland

Answer 2

YES
YES

Switzerland is a constitutional democracy with a federal structure. The bicameral Parliament elects the seven members of the Federal Council, the highest executive body, whose presidency rotates annually. Because of the nation's linguistic and religious diversity, the political system emphasizes local and national political consensus and grants considerable autonomy to the 26 individual cantons. Voters approved a new Constitution in 1999 that came into force in 2000. The Government respects the constitutional provisions for an independent judiciary in practice.

The armed forces are a civilian-controlled militia based on universal military service for able-bodied males. There is virtually no standing army apart from training cadres and a few essential headquarters staff. Police duties are primarily a responsibility of the individual cantons, which have their own police forces that are under effective civilian control. The National Police Authority has a coordinating role and relies on the cantons for actual law enforcement. Members of the police committed some human rights abuses.

Switzerland has a highly developed free enterprise, industrial, and service economy strongly dependent on international trade. The standard of living of the country's 7.3 million residents is very high.

Answer 3

I think Switzerland has always claimed to have the longest unbroken period of democracy in the world.
As regards a successful economy, there are several yardsticks you can use for that, but the Swiss certainly enjoy the highest standard of living in Europe and a consistently high rating from Transparency International for uncorruptible government and business practices.
Sadly, life is less than exciting there too!

Answer 4

The Swiss constitution does have considerable provisions for referenda (more than any other country), but in general its parliament decides legislation just as in other countries. As far as the economy is concerned, it has certainly been one of the most successful over time, primarily because it involves banking and financial services. When did banks ever lose money?

Answer 5

u . s . USED to furnish the international with maximum of this is foodstuff now the U. S. government forbids the U. S. farmers to honestly FARM and the now pay them to no longer farm and the u . s . now buys a lot of its foodstuff from different countries! does that make any sense in any respect NO to make sure that the u . s . we can be figuring out to purchase maximum of our foodstuff from different countries, and that foodstuff like now would be that countries SECONDS sturdy success

Answer 6

AND every home must have a machine gun.

It is the law there.

Really

But they are suffering from a negative population growth due to sagging reproductive rates and a society that is insular and xenophobic. Few immigrants go there.

Looks like there is no place that is perfect.

Answer 7

Lies lies lies. Have I lied to you before?