Back Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz ALS الحزب الاشتراكي الديمقراطي السويسري Arabic الحزب الاشتراكى الديموقراطى السويسرى ARZ Partíu Socialista Suizu AST Сацыял-дэмакратычная партыя Швейцарыі Byelorussian Социалдемократическа партия на Швейцария Bulgarian Partit Socialdemòcrata de Suïssa Catalan Sociálně demokratická strana Švýcarska Czech Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz German Socialista Partio de Svislando Esperanto
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| Abbreviation | SP/PS |
| President | Cédric Wermuth Mattea Meyer |
| Members in Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider Beat Jans |
| Founded | 21 October 1888 |
| Headquarters | Theaterplatz 4, 3011 Bern |
| Youth wing | Young Socialists Switzerland |
| Membership (2015) | c. 30,000[1] |
| Ideology | Social democracy[2] |
| Political position | Centre-left[3] to left-wing[4] |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (associate) |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
| Colours | Red |
| Federal Council | 2 / 7 |
| Council of States | 9 / 46 |
| National Council | 41 / 200 |
| Cantonal executives | 28 / 154 |
| Cantonal legislatures | 442 / 2,544 |
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The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz, SP; Romansh: Partida Socialdemocrata da la Svizra), also called the Swiss Socialist Party (French: Parti socialiste suisse; Italian: Partito Socialista Svizzero, PS), is a political party in Switzerland. The SP has had two representatives on the Federal Council since 1960 and received the second-highest number of votes in the 2023 Swiss federal election.
The SP was founded on 21 October 1888 and is currently the second-largest of the four leading coalition political parties in Switzerland. It is the only left-leaning party with representatives on the Federal Council,[5] positioning itself at the centre-left[3] to left.[4] Currently, Élisabeth Baume-Schneider and Beat Jans represent the party. As of January 2024, the SP is the second-largest political party in the Federal Assembly.
Amongst all pro-European parties in Switzerland the SP is the largest and unlike most other Swiss parties, the SP supports Swiss membership in the European Union.[6][7][8] Additionally, it supports labour rights and tax incentives for companies that offer shares to employees.[9][10][11] The party is a member of the Progressive Alliance[12] and an associate member of the Party of European Socialists.[13]
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- ^ "Überwindung des Kapitalismus bleibt SP-Fernziel" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "SP will die "Überwindung des Kapitalismus" konkretisieren" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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- ^ "Parties & Organisations". Progressive Alliance. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "PES member parties". Party of European Socialists. Archived 3 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 September 2013.