Sentence examples for Federal council from inspiring English sources
noun
A central legislative group or assembly in certain governments.
A federal council was established in 1885 but was only a standing conference without executive power.
The decision taken by the federal council is not to continue with Nick Mallett after his contract expires".
Claude Simonet, president of the French Football Federation, announced the dismissal after a meeting of the body's federal council.
The federal council would simply be called upon to endorse that plan or send it back for revisions.
It began in 2014 when the Liberal federal council voted in favour of a motion by former MP Andrew Nikolic.
The federal breakfast offers business people access to senior levels of the Abbott government at the Liberal party's federal council in June.
The nation's basic environmental law, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 assigns to the federal Council on Environmental Quality the task of reporting on the environment.
The Federal Council constitutes the federal government, directs the federal administration and serves as collective Head of State.
There are three main governing bodies on the federal level: the bicameral parliament (legislative), the Federal Council (executive) and the Federal Court (judicial).
"Saddened by Federal Council vote today".
The members of the Federal Council represent the states.
