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)*
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei (German); Parti démocrate-chrétien (French); Partito Popolare Democratico (Italian); Partida Cristiandemocratica (Romansh);
President	Gerhard Pfister
Vice Presidents	Ida Glanzmann; Charles Juillard;
General Secretary	Gianna Luzio
Member in Federal Council	Viola Amherd
Founded	22 April 1912
Dissolved	31 December 2020
Merged into	The Centre
Headquarters	Hirschengraben 9 ; CH-3011 Bern
Youth wing	Young CVP
Membership (2015)	100,000
Ideology	Christian democracy; Social conservatism; Conservatism; Social market economy
Political position	Centre to centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party (associate)
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International; Historical:; White 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: Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra), PCD), was a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland.^[3]^[4]

On 1 January 2021,^[5] it merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD) to form The Centre.

References

↑ The Swiss Confederation – A Brief Guide. Federal Chancellery. 2015. p. 19. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
↑ "Wikiwix Archives".
↑ 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)
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

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[1] The Swiss Confederation – A Brief Guide. Federal Chancellery. 2015. p. 19. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

[2] "Wikiwix Archives".

[KersbergenManow2009-3] 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)

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

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