Christian Social Party (Switzerland)
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| German name | Christlich-soziale Partei (CSP) |
| French name | Parti chrétien-social (PCS) |
| Italian name | Partito Cristiano Sociale (PCS) |
| Romansh name | Partida cristiansociala de la Svizra (PCS) |
| President | Marius Achermann |
| Members of the Federal Council | None |
| Founded | 21 June 1997 |
| Split from | Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland |
| Headquarters | Eichenstrasse 79 3184 Wünnewil |
| Membership (2011) | 1,500[1] |
| Ideology | Christian left Social democracy Environmentalism |
| Political position | Centre-left[2] |
| Colours | Turquoise |
| National Council | 0 / 200
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| Council of States | 0 / 46
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| Cantonal Executives | 1 / 154
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| Cantonal legislatures | 15 / 2,609
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| csp-pcs.ch | |
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The Christian Social Party (CSP) (German: Christlich-soziale Partei, French: Parti chrétien-social) is a political party in Switzerland of the Christian left.[3] The CSP is more aligned with social democracy than the other major Christian party, the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP), which is more economically liberal. With the moderate Christian left as its background, the CSP commits itself to social-democratic[3] and environmentalist[3] political solutions. The core principles of the CSP contain, among others, "solidarity with the socially and economically disadvantaged and the preservation of the environment."[This quote needs a citation]
Electoral power
[edit]As of 2016, the CSP does not hold any seats in the National Council of Switzerland.
A seat in the lower house was once held for decades by Hugo Fasel representing the canton of Fribourg.
On a cantonal level, the CSP has many elected members, mainly in the Roman Catholic cantons of Valais, Fribourg, Obwalden and Jura. In the latter, the CSP had until late 2010 one elected member in the Executive body, the Conseil d'Etat of the Republic of Jura (where it operates as the Independent Christian Social Party).
Positions
[edit]A member of the Christian left, the CSP is a centre-left political party overall and has strong environmentalist views. It also has social values and aims to tax richer people. On a societal point of view, it has more progressive views and acts in favour of abortion rights, same-sex relationships and euthanasia, which differs strongly with other common Christian political parties, which are traditionally socially conservative.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Der Bund kurz erklärt (in German). Swiss Confederation. 2011. p. 21. Archived from the original on 2012-01-24.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (5 June 2019). Parties and Elections in Europe: Parliamentary Elections and Governments since 1945, European Parliament Elections, Political Orientation and History of Parties (3 ed.). Books on Demand. p. 549. ISBN 978-3-7322-9250-9.
- ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Parties and Elections in Europe". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- Christian Social Party at swisspolitics.org
- Biography of Hugo Fasel, CSP member of parliament on the website of the Swiss Parliament. (German)
- Home page (in German); (in French)
- Umbrella organization including Freiburg chapter of the party (in German)
- CSP Jura (in French)
- CSP Näfels (in German)
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