Council of State of Vaud

The responsibilities of the Council of State is to run the administration, submit laws and decrees to the Grand Council, observe a budget and adopt regulations or directives.

[1] Essentially, the Cantons define their own structure within federal regulations.

Switzerland consists of twenty-six cantons in which each can influence the federal government.

[2] Vaud is a part of these cantons, and it is the central area connected to high trafficked communication routes in Switzerland.

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