Editing Bern (section)

=== Parliament ===
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The City Council (de: '''Stadtrat''', fr: '''Conseil de ville''') holds [[legislative power]]. It is made up of 80 members, with elections held every four years. The City Council decrees regulations and by-laws that are executed by the Municipal Council and the administration. The delegates are selected by means of a system of [[proportional representation]].

The sessions of the City Council are public. Unlike members of the Municipal Council, members of the City Council are not politicians by profession, and they are paid a fee based on their attendance. Any resident of Bern allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the City Council. The parliament holds its meetings in the ''Stadthaus'' (Town Hall).

The last regular election of the City Council was held on 29 November 2020 for the mandate period ({{langx|de|Legislatur}}, {{langx|fr|la législature}}) from 2021 to 2024. The City Council consist of 23 (-1) members of the [[Social Democratic Party of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party (SP/PS)]] including two seats by the junior party ''JUSO'', 11 (+3) [[Green Liberal Party of Switzerland|Green Liberal Party (glp/pvl)]] including two member of its junior party ''jglp'', 10 (+1) [[Grünes Bündnis Bern|Green Alliance of Bern (GB)]], 8 (-1) [[FDP.The Liberals|The Liberals (FDP/PLR)]] including one seat by its junior partner ''JF / DL'', 7 (-2) [[Swiss People's Party|Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC)]], 7 (-1) ''Grüne Freie Liste (GFL)'' (Green Free List), 3 (+1) ''Junge Alternative (JA!)'' (or Young Alternatives), 3 (+1) [[Alternative Left|Alternative Linke Bern (AL)]], 2 (-1) [[Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland|Conservative Democratic Party (BDP/PBD)]], 2 (-) [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland|Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC)]], 2 (-) [[Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland|Evangelical People's Party (EVP/PEV)]], 1 (-) [[Swiss Party of Labour|Swiss Party of Labour (PdA)]], and 1 ''Grüne alternative Partei (GaP)'' (or Green alternative Party).<ref name=election/><ref name=SR>{{cite web |url=https://www.bern.ch/politik-und-verwaltung/stadtrat/mitglieder |title=Stadtrat; Mitglieder |publisher=Ratssekretariat des Stadtrats, Stadt Bern |type=official site |language=de |location=Bern, Switzerland |date=2021-01-01 |access-date=2022-08-01}}</ref>