Federal Act
on the Federal Assembly
(Parliament Act, ParlA)

¹ Par­lia­ment­ary groups are com­posed of the as­sembly mem­bers who be­long to the same party.

² Mem­bers who do not be­long to a party or who be­long to more than one party may, provided they share sim­il­ar polit­ic­al views, form their own par­lia­ment­ary groups.

³ A par­lia­ment­ary group must con­sist of a min­im­um of five mem­bers from one of the two coun­cils.

⁴ Each par­lia­ment­ary group must no­ti­fy the Gen­er­al Sec­ret­ary of the Fed­er­al As­sembly of its form­a­tion, its mem­bers, its chair­per­son and its sec­ret­ary.