Home > 4.1 Parliamentary elections > Report on Choosing the Date of an Election
 
 
 
Download file    
 
 
Paragraph 23
 

In parliamentary monarchies, the King or the Queen takes the decision on the dissolution of Parliament with the countersignature of the prime minister who bears the responsibility for it. Only Monaco and Liechtenstein seem to form an exception to this principle. In Monaco the Prince can dissolve Parliament, after a compulsory consultation of the Crown Council, without a deliberation in the Government and without a presentation by a Minister of State. In Liechtenstein the Reigning Prince has the right to dissolve Parliament “on significant grounds to be communicated each time to the Assembly.” In Sweden, on the contrary, not the King, but the Government may order an extra election.