Switzerland has a very strange political system in the world.

For example, there is no head of state in this country, and there is only a seven-member committee representing the highest executive branch, but these seven people are only equivalent to ministers. It is said that they are ministers, and each person heads a department, but it does not mean that they are the leaders of this department, but only in charge.

How to understand it? It's as if you are the foreign minister, but the diplomatic power is not in your hands, and any major decisions can only be made through the committee. Ministers only have day-to-day executive power, which is the so-called small things that can be decided by themselves, and major matters need to be voted on by committees.

There is no separation of powers in this country, the parliament is the highest organ of state power, and the legislative, executive, and judicial powers are all owned by the parliament, but major decisions must be made by a referendum.

It's like the relationship between the board of directors of a company and the general manager, the parliament is the board of directors and the federal council is the general manager.

Then, the country has a high degree of autonomy. The federal government enjoys exclusive powers such as foreign affairs, defense, customs, and currency, while the states and municipalities retain exclusive powers such as the management of the police, religion, etc., and in terms of social welfare, the federation has legislative powers, and the states exercise executive powers, and the powers shared by the federation and the cantons are taxation, education, health, etc.

So much so that although the police uniforms in this country are the same, the badges are different, and each local police officer has its own special badge.

The most bizarre policy is direct democracy, and although Switzerland is a representative democracy, citizens are allowed to exercise the right to referend and create legislation by direct voting.

The right of referendum, that is, the right of citizens to approve or veto legislation in Parliament. Any amendment to the Constitution and acts relating to the Constitution adopted by the Government or Parliament must be put into force by a referendum, voted in favour by a majority of the citizens and adopted by a majority of the states.

A proposal, also known as a citizens' initiative, can be put forward as a "citizens' initiative" after it has received 40,000 signatures, and the federal government is obliged to accept it, and the federal government is obliged to accept it, and submit it to a referendum after the decision of the parliament, or according to the original proposal or at the same time.

Finally, with the exception of administrative officials, almost all other officials are part-time.

Because the powers of the councillors are heavily restricted, and there is no salary, only a meeting allowance, almost all councillors are part-time, and in the municipalities, even some mayors and mayors are part-time.

In the case of Entlebuch, he was originally a university professor who ran for mayor after his retirement to serve the townspeople. There is not much power, but a lot of, and this is the normal state of Swiss officials.

As for Jean Nord, this guy is a councillor just for his own property, he is actually a businessman, and the councillor is only part-time.

Zhou Nan's current position is Vice-Chancello in French and Vize-premier in German, which actually means vice premier.

Of course, the Deputy Prime Minister does not have executive power, but rather the Deputy Secretary-General.

The Federation Council now has a secretary general and two deputy secretaries general, both of whom are full-time positions, i.e. they cannot be part-time, and they belong to career politicians.

A Deputy Secretary-General is responsible for the day-to-day work of the Office of the Federal Council, and a Deputy Secretary-General is responsible for the coordination of foreign affairs and also acts as the spokesman for the Government.

Zhou Nan's position is unplanned, that is, it is not a legal position at the moment, but only a stopgap measure.

In December last year, the Federation Council was preparing to apply to parliament for the creation of an additional post of deputy secretary-general, but it was pushed back to February. In February, Zhou Nan himself repented and did not want to become a career politician, so he rejected the proposal of the Federation Council.

However, his position should not always be so unclear, since Switzerland has always had only two Deputy Secretaries-General, and his position is not legal without a vote in Parliament.

Some members of the party proposed to let Zhou Nan run for the federal council of Lucerne, this position is actually in line with Zhou Nan's identity, and he does not need to worry too much, but he can have the power to admonish.

But this action was opposed by other parties, because the parliamentarians were not executive officials, but represented the local area, but occupied a parliamentary seat.

And Zhou Nan's influence is now increasing, which will only make the Liberal Democrats more and more influential, which is not conducive to the political balance in Switzerland.

However, if Zhou Nan is allowed to run for the National Council, this member will not have much say in foreign policy, and it will limit Zhou Nan's play.

Therefore, around the arrangement of Zhou Nan, since the beginning of this year, the Swiss political arena has also undergone a competition.

Finally, the current secretary general of the Federal Council, Ernst Lebos, proposed a proposal. He resigned, citing his old age, thus freeing up a position.

Zhou Nan was nominated to be one of the two deputy secretaries-general, but was not responsible for specific affairs, and the Federation Council arranged for a career politician to exercise executive power in place of Zhou Nan.

This plan was approved by everyone, because of his position, Zhou Nan had to step down as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, but he was not responsible for specific affairs.

Zhou Nan also approved this arrangement, and now he only waits for the people to elect a new parliament, and then the new parliament votes on his position, and after it is passed, Zhou Nan's current status is justified.

On April 24, Zhou Nan stayed at home for only one night before arriving in Bern. He informed the Federation Council of his trip to the United States and gave them the minutes of his meeting with the Americans.

In the previous life, because Switzerland was neutral and was the contact point between the Eastern and Western camps, both sides were somewhat taboo, so there was not much oil and water in the European revival plan.

However, Zhou Nan put forward the view that politics belongs to politics and economics belongs to economics. It is believed that Switzerland should be more actively involved in the supply chain of the world economy.

The development of Switzerland mainly depends on the dividends of the economic development of Europe in later generations, vigorously developing tourism, precision machining, biopharmaceutical chemicals and financial industries, and gradually becoming the most developed country in the world.

However, Switzerland has also taken a lot of detours, and the real take-off is still from the 70s, using low taxes to attract a large number of multinational groups to settle in to really develop.

Now, Zhou Nan is more willing to expand Switzerland's advantages in advance and stand at the top of the global supply chain.

Switzerland is a small country, it is unlikely to be a country with an entire industrial system, and it will not be a threat to anyone, so this is where the advantage lies.

As long as you can control biotechnology, pharmaceutical technology, and chemical technology. Thanks to the advantages of precision industrial technology, the Swiss economy will definitely take off.

The seven consuls of the Federation Council read the record of Zhou Nan's talks with the Americans, and they were immediately remarkable. Because there are many projects of assistance and cooperation in various industries, Switzerland has already grasped the inside story before the plan is implemented, and if they let go of this opportunity at this time, they will not be a qualified politician.

On Saturday, April 26, the Swiss general election kicked off at 1,630 polling places across the country.

In this general election, not only the members of the Council of States and the National Council will be directly elected, but also the votes will be taken on the reparations that Switzerland will pay to the allies.

In World War II, although Switzerland claimed to be neutral, under German pressure, it also had to act as Germany's purse bag and supply base. In World War II, although Switzerland incurred a huge amount of military spending, it also made a lot of money, and of course it was liquidated after the war.

After more than a year of negotiations, at the end of 46, Switzerland signed the Washington Treaty with the United States, which was finally understood by the United States. The Swiss government paid the United States 25 million Swiss francs in exchange for unfreezing Swiss accounts and removing the blacklist of Swiss companies and individuals.

Twenty-five million Swiss francs, less than six million dollars. For a country, this punishment is almost symbolic.

But this expenditure must also be voted on by referendum, and parliament has no right to take the state's money and pay it to other countries.

It only takes one day to vote, but it takes four days to count the votes. On May 2, the Swiss government announced the results of the vote, and most of the original parliamentarians remained in office, with fewer than 20 deputies replaced.

The compensation agreement was also approved by the majority of the people.

Before the parliamentary elections began, Zhou Nan hurriedly drove to Amsterdam to celebrate Audrey's eighteenth birthday.

This time, he drove lightly, took only Etinny and two guards, and the four of them drove two Beetles to Amsterdam.

At this time, Zhou Nan felt that this Beetle was a little too small, and it didn't matter if he drove for a short distance, but he was really guilty of driving for a long distance.

After this election, Zhou Nan is going to draw a few design drawings and draw a few classic models for Yannick to develop. Volkswagen can't always only produce the Beetle, at least another flagship model must be brought to raise Volkswagen's compulsion.

Audrey has been preparing for Anne's role for a year, has seen all of Anne's introductions, and she has the same life experience as Anne. So, in terms of shooting, nothing went wrong.

Whether it is the producer or the director, they are full of praise for Audrey, which also makes Audrey feel good all the time.

Zhou Nan made a special trip to celebrate her birthday, which made her even more overjoyed. The crew intimately gave her a day off so that she could have time to get together with Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan and Audrey are now celebrities in the Netherlands, and the two of them didn't go out, so they got tired of the hotel for a day, so that Zhou Nan left Amsterdam again satisfied.

On 5 May, new parliamentary elections were held, this time not involving consuls, but only on the election of parliamentary committees.

The election of Zhou Nan was also on the agenda, and in the end, in the secret ballot of 223 members, Zhou Nan received 215 votes in favor, eight abstentions, and not a single vote against.

It also set a new record for the Swiss parliament, in which he was elected with the highest percentage of votes in favor and without a single no, which is unprecedented in history.

(Apply for two changes tomorrow, rush the manuscript every day, write dizzy, feel that the quality has dropped a little, I want to slow down a little and adjust it well)