Country: Austria
Type of government: federal parliamentary republic
Head of state: Federal Chancellor
Major political parties:
Country: Belgium
Type of government: Federal Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy
Head of state: King Philippe
Major political parties:
hereditary symbolic head of state who performs a representative
and civic role yet does not exercise executive or policymaking
Power. They can be a emperor, king, queen, prince or duke.
Country: France
Type of government: Republic
Head of state: President François Hollande
Major political parties:
Description of government: a state where supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and that has an elected or nominated president, not a monarch is a republic government.
Country: Germany
Type of government: Federal republic
Head of state:Joachim Gauck
Major political parties:
Country: Liechtenstein
Type of government: Constitutional monarchy
Head of state: Prince Hans Adam II
Major political parties:
Country: Luxembourg
Type of government: Constitutional monarchy
Head of state: Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Major political parties:
Country: Monaco
Type of government: constitutional monarchy
Head of state: Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Major political parties:
Description of government: Monaco’s type of government is a constitutional monarchy, which means a monarch acts as head of state but follows a written constitution.
Country: Netherlands
Type of government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of state: Mark Rutte
Major political parties:
Country: Switzerland
Type of government:Confederation
Head of state: Johann Schneider-Ammann
Major political parties:
Type of government: federal parliamentary republic
Head of state: Federal Chancellor
Major political parties:
- Social Democratic Party of Austria
- Austrian People's Party
- Freedom Party of Austria
- The Greens – The Green Alternative
- NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum
- Team Stronach
Country: Belgium
Type of government: Federal Parliamentary Democracy under a Constitutional Monarchy
Head of state: King Philippe
Major political parties:
- Christian Democratic and Flemish
- Groen.
- Libertarian, Direct, Democratic
- New Flemish Alliance
- Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
- Socialist Party
- Vlaams Belang
hereditary symbolic head of state who performs a representative
and civic role yet does not exercise executive or policymaking
Power. They can be a emperor, king, queen, prince or duke.
Country: France
Type of government: Republic
Head of state: President François Hollande
Major political parties:
- Union for a Popular Movement
- Socialist Party
- Democratic Movement
- French Communist Party
- The Greens
- New Centre
Description of government: a state where supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and that has an elected or nominated president, not a monarch is a republic government.
Country: Germany
Type of government: Federal republic
Head of state:Joachim Gauck
Major political parties:
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Christian Democratic Union
- Christian Social Union
Country: Liechtenstein
Type of government: Constitutional monarchy
Head of state: Prince Hans Adam II
Major political parties:
- Patriotic Union
- Progressive Citizens' Party
Country: Luxembourg
Type of government: Constitutional monarchy
Head of state: Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Major political parties:
- Christian Social People's Party
- Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
- Democratic Party
- The Greens
- Alternative Democratic Reform Party
- The Left
Country: Monaco
Type of government: constitutional monarchy
Head of state: Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Major political parties:
Description of government: Monaco’s type of government is a constitutional monarchy, which means a monarch acts as head of state but follows a written constitution.
Country: Netherlands
Type of government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of state: Mark Rutte
Major political parties:
- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
- Labour Party
- The Party for Freedom
- Christian Democratic Appeal
- The Socialist Party
Country: Switzerland
Type of government:Confederation
Head of state: Johann Schneider-Ammann
Major political parties:
- Social Democratic Party
- Free Democratic Party
- Swiss People's Party
- Christian Democratic Party
- The Greens