Cantonal Council

The Parliament, composed of eighty Cantonal Council members, generally holds meetings once a month.

The Cantonal Council is responsible for the following tasks:

• adopting the budget
• approving the accounts
• discussing major construction projects
• discussing proposals submitted by its own members: motions, postulates and interpellations
• controlling and monitoring the government and the administration
• exercising formal control over the courts
• deciding on pardons

The people, as the sovereign, have authority over the Parliament.

• If citizens can collect 1500 signatures, a referendum is held on a decision that has been taken: referendum.
• If citizens can collect 2000 signatures, they can request the enactment, cancellation or amendment of the constitution, a law or a resolution of the Cantonal Council: initiative.

Those interested can attend the Cantonal Council meetings and follow the proceedings in the chamber.

In 2023 the Zug Parliament will mark two important anniversaries: 175th anniversary of the Cantonal Council and 150th anniversary of the Cantonal Council Chamber. Learn more about the Zug parliament and where it meets with impressive visual resources and directories available at the Zug State Archives.