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Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
  • Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei (German)
  • Parti démocrate-chrétien (French)
  • Partito Popolare Democratico (Italian)
  • Partida Cristiandemocratica (Romansh)
PresidentGerhard Pfister
Vice Presidents
General SecretaryGianna Luzio
Member in Federal CouncilViola Amherd
Founded22 April 1912
Dissolved31 December 2020
Merged intoThe Centre
HeadquartersHirschengraben 9
CH-3011 Bern
Youth wingYoung CVP
Membership (2015)100,000[1]
IdeologyChristian democracy
Political positionCentre to centre-right
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (associate)
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Colours  Orange

The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (German: Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (French: Parti démocrate-chrétien, PDC), Democratic People's Party (Italian: Partito Popolare Democratico, PPD) and Swiss Christian Democratic Party (Romansh: , PCD), was a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland.[2][3] On 1 January 2021,[4] it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre, which now operates at the federal level. The Christian Democratic People's Party will continue to exist at the cantonal level as individual local and regional parties determine their status. Its 28 seats in the National Council and 13 seats in the Council of States were transferred to the new party, as was its sole seat on the Federal Council, held by Viola Amherd.

The party was founded as the Catholic Conservative Party in 1912. It peaked in the 1950s, having three members of the Federal Council (1954–1958) before agreeing to the magic formula. It adopted its current name in 1970. From 1979 to 2003, the party's vote declined, mostly in the favour of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC); the party was reduced to one Federal Councillor at the 2003 Federal Council election.

The party sat in the centre[5][6][7] to centre-right[8][9] of the political spectrum, advocating Christian democracy,[10] the social market economy and moderate social conservatism. The party was strongest in Catholic rural areas, particularly Central Switzerland and Valais.

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  2. ^ Philip Manow; Kees van Kersbergen (2009). Religion and the Western Welfare State—The Theoretical Context. Cambridge University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-521-89791-4. Retrieved 2 August 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Bale, Tim (2021). Riding the populist wave: Europe's mainstream right in crisis. Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-009-00686-6. OCLC 1256593260.
  4. ^ Europe Elects [@EuropeElects] (2 January 2021). "Switzerland: Yesterday, CVP (EPP) and BDP (*) merged" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Altermatt, Urs (2013). CVP: Von der katholischen Milieupartei zur Partei der bürgerlichen Mitte. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung. pp. 36–37. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Burlacu, Diana; Tóka, Gábor (2014). Policy-based Voting and the Type of Democracy. Oxford University Press. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Budge, Ian; Keman, Hans; McDonald, Michael D.; Pennings, Paul (2012). Organizing Democratic Choice: Party Representation Over Time. Oxford University Press. p. 134.
  8. ^ Damir Skenderovic (2009). The Radical Right in Switzerland: Continuity and Change, 1945-2000. Berghahn Books. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-84545-948-2. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  9. ^ Freedom House (1 December 2011). Freedom in the World 2011: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 649. ISBN 978-1-4422-0996-1.
  10. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Switzerland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

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