The language policy of Switzerland within the federalism environment

Modern plural societies characterized by ethno-cultural diversity are forming demand for effective balance of inter-group relations. The institutionalization language policy is becoming the way inter-ethnic relations regulation. problem implementation relevance in modern European federations, boundaries which overlap on linguistic communities’ residence. In such cases federal center includes impact and regional authorities’ Switzerland research interest as one most decentralized federations Europe. compact residence four institutional foundations structure. existing interaction models between central authorities cantons requires consideration a tool normalizing influencing societies. this article authors consider influence federalism principles development policy. reveals regulatory framework Swiss federalism, its foundations, regulation regime, both at levels. Based statistical data, an assessment made situations monolingual bilingual cantons. capture main regime. equality languages, free choice regions formal consolidation languages’ territoriality basis stability model federalism. It concluded that observed harmonization situation due to division powers.