Diet (assembly)

In politics, a diet is a formal deliberative assembly. The term is derived from Medieval Latin dietas, and ultimately comes from the Latin dies, "day". The word came to be used in this sense because these assemblies met on a daily basis.

Historic uses

In this sense, it commonly refers to the Reichstag assemblies of the Holy Roman Empire; see Reichstag (institution), Diet of Augsburg, Diet of Nuremberg, Diet of Regensburg, Diet of Speyer and Diet of Worms. The assemblies of the Hungarian nobility, customarily called together every three years in Pozsony, were also called "Diéta" in the Habsburg Empire before the 1848 revolution.

The Riksdag of the Estates was the diet of the four estates of Sweden, from the 15th century until 1866. The Diet of Finland was the successor to the Riksdag of the Estates in the Grand Duchy of Finland, from 1809 to 1906.

The Swiss Diet was known as Tagsatzung.

In other countries the name of the comparable assembly came from the generality of the States:

Current use

The modern German parliament, called the Bundestag, literally means "Federal Diet"; the derivation is that "tag" in German means "day," indicating the Latin-derived meaning. The term is rarely if ever translated into English in English-language texts, even on first reference.
The name of the Swedish parliament is the Riksdag, which being cognate to German Reichstag literally means "Day of the Realm" or "Day of the Nation."
The Japanese Parliament (the Kokkai) is conventionally called the Diet in English, indicating the heavy Prussian influence on the Meiji Constitution, Japan's first modern written constitution.

See also

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. Although the term is generally applied to behavior within civil governments, politics is observed in all human group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religious
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A deliberative assembly is an organization, comprising of members, that uses a parliamentary procedure for making decisions.

The following are common types of deliberative assemblies:

The Mass Meeting
The Local Assembly of an Organized Society

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Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three "ages": the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times.
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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Holy Roman Empire (Latin: Sacrum Romanum Imperium, German: Heiliges Römisches Reich, Italian: Sacro Romano Impero
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The Reichstag (German for "Imperial Diet") was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945. The main chamber of the German parliament is now called Bundestag ("Federal Diet"), but the building in which it meets is still called
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Diet of Augsburg were the meetings of the Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire in the German city of Augsburg. There were many such sessions, but the three meetings during the Reformation and the ensuing religious wars between the Catholic emperor Charles V and the
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The Diet of Nuremberg is often called the Imperial Diet at Nuremberg.

There were several of them because, according to the Golden Bull of 1356, each Holy Roman Emperor had to hold his first diet in Nuremberg after his election.
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The term Diet of Speyer refers to any of several sessions of the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire when it chose to meet in the city of Speyer, Germany. The most famous sessions occurred in 1526 and 1529.
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Diet of Worms (Reichstag zu Worms) was a general assembly (a Diet) of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire that took place in Worms, a small town on the Rhine river located in what is now Germany.
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Hungarian may refer to:

The Hungarian people (or Magyars), an ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary.
The Hungarian language (Magyar)
Nationals or residents of Hungary or the Kingdom of Hungary; see , List of Hungarians or demographics of Hungary.

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Country Slovakia
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Austrian empire may refer to:

The Austrian monarchy, see Habsburg Monarchy (1526–1867)
Austrian Empire (1804-1867)
Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)

See also

Holy Roman Empire (843-1806)
Countries of the Austrian Empire (1804-1867

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The European Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution, appeared to be a revolutionary wave which erupted in Sicily and then, further triggered by the revolutions of 1848 in France, soon spread to the rest
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Kingdom of Sweden

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Constitution
King: Carl XVI Gustaf
Parliament
Speaker: Per Westerberg
Members

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Motto
(Royal) "För Sverige - I tiden" ¹
"For Sweden – With the Times" ²
Anthem
Du gamla, Du fria
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Diet of Finland (Finnish Suomen maapäivät, later valtiopäivät; Swedish Finlands Landtdagar), was the legislative assembly of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1809 to 1906 and the heir of the powers of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
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The Grand Duchy of Finland (Latin: Magnus Ducatus Finlandiæ) was the predecessor state of modern Finland that existed in its territory 1809–1917 as part of the Russian Empire.
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Tagsatzung (Eidgenössische Tagsatzung) was the legislative and executive council of the Swiss confederacy from medieval times until the formation of the Swiss federal state in 1848. It was a meeting of delegates of the individual cantons.
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The Netherlands

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Kingdom of the Netherlands
Charter
Constitution
Monarchy
Queen Beatrix

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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"

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In France under the Ancien Regime, the States-General or Estates-General (French: états généraux), was a legislative assembly (see The States) of the different classes (or estates) of French subjects.
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Motto
"Plus Ultra" (Latin)
"Further Beyond"
Anthem
"Marcha Real" ¹
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Catalonia

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Catalonia

Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia
Generalitat de Catalunya Executive branch – Government of Catalonia

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Generalitat Valenciana (in Valencian) o Generalidad Valenciana (in Spanish) is the generic name covering the different self government institutions under which the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia is politically organised.
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Las Cortes Generales
The General Courts

Type Bicameral
Houses El Senado de España
Congreso de los Diputados
President of the Senate Francisco Javier Rojo García, PSOE PSE-EE
since 2004
President of the Congress Manuel Marín González, PSOE
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Anthem
"Das Lied der Deutschen" (third stanza)
also called "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"
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Deutscher Bundestag
Federal Diet of Germany

Type Lower house

President of the Bundestag Dr. Norbert Lammert, CDU
since October 18, 2005

Members 614
Political groups Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union of Bavaria Bloc (226)
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