Green Party of Switzerland

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The Green Party of Switzerland (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx)[1] is a green political party in Switzerland.[2][3] It is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.[4]

History

The first Green party in Switzerland, MPE, was founded as a local party in 1971 in the town of Neuchâtel. In 1979, Daniel Brélaz was elected to the National Council as the first Green MP on the national level (in Switzerland and in the world). Local and regional Green parties and organisations were founded in many different towns and cantons in the following years.

In 1983, two different national green party federations were created: in May, diverse local green groups came together in Fribourg to form the Federation of Green Parties of Switzerland, and in June, some left-alternative groups formed the Green Alternative Party of Switzerland in Bern. In 1990, an attempt to combine these organisations failed. Afterward, some of the member groups from the Green Alternative Party joined the Federation of Green Parties which has become the de facto national Green party. In 1993, the Federation of Green Parties changed its name to the Green Party of Switzerland.[5]

In 1986, the first two Green members of a cantonal government became members of the Regierungsrat of Bern.

In 1987, the Green Party of Switzerland joined the European Federation of Green Parties.

In the 1990s, members of the Green Party became town mayors, members of the high court, and even the president of a cantonal government (Verena Diener in 1999).

In 2007, the centrist wing of the party split away and formed the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland.

With the rise of right-wing and populist attitudes, the Greens continued to lose support in Switzerland. In the 2023 federal election, they came in fifth place.[6]

Policies

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The Green Party's positions in the Swiss political spectrum (2007).

The party has been described as being centre-left[7][8] to left-wing.[7][9] The traditional emphases of the party's policies lie in environmentalism and green means of transportation. In terms of foreign policy, the greens set out on the course of openness and pacifism. In economic policy, the Greens are centre-left. The majority of Greens support an accession of Switzerland to the European Union.[10] In immigration policy, the greens support further integration initiatives for immigrants. The Greens support measures to increase energy efficiency, oppose nuclear power, and support raising energy and fuel prices. According to their policy, the resulting revenues should be allocated to social security spending.

Popular support

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Percentages of the Green Party at district level in 2011

National Council and Council of States

Election year # of overall votes % of overall vote # of National Council
seats won 		+/- # of Council of States
seats won 		+/- Notes
1979 11,583 0.6 Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
1983 37,079 1.9 Template:Composition bar Increase 2 Template:Composition bar
1987 94,378 4.9 Template:Composition bar Increase 6 Template:Composition bar
1991 124,149 6.1 Template:Composition bar Increase 5 Template:Composition bar
1995 96,069 5.0 Template:Composition bar Decrease 6 Template:Composition bar
1999 96,807 5.0 Template:Composition bar Steady 0 Template:Composition bar
2003 156,226 7.4 Template:Composition bar Increase 5 Template:Composition bar
2007 222,206 9.6 Template:Composition bar Increase 7 Template:Composition bar Increase 2
2011 205,984 8.4 Template:Composition bar Decrease 5 Template:Composition bar Steady 0
2015 177,938 7.1 Template:Composition bar Decrease 4 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1
2019 319,988 13.2 Template:Composition bar Increase 17 Template:Composition bar Increase 4
2023 249,891 9.78 Template:Composition bar Decrease 5 Template:Composition bar Decrease 2

On the national level, in 2003 the Green Party was not represented in the Council of States or Federal Council. In 2007, two Green Party members were elected to the Council of States.[11]

By 2005, the party held 3.8 per cent of the seats in the Swiss cantonal executive governments and 6.9 per cent in the Swiss cantonal parliaments (index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats). In 2007, the Green Party was represented in the governments of the cantons Bern, Basel-City, Geneva (two ministers), Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Vaud, Zug (two ministers) and Zurich.[12]

Party strength over time

Percentage of the total vote for the Green Party in Federal Elections 1971-2019[13]
Canton 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Switzerland * 0.1 0.6 1.9 4.9 6.1 5.0 5.0 7.4 9.6 8.4 7.1 13.2 9.8
Zurich *a * 1.3 4.2 8.0 7.0 6.5 4.1 8.5 10.4 8.4 6.9 14.1 9.9
Berne * * * * 9.2 9.9 5.9 7.5 9.3 12.9 9.4 8.5 13.6 10.8
Lucerne * * * * * 9.3 8.1 8.0 9.8 9.5 8.3 7.1 12.2 8.1
Uri * * * * * * * * 30.6 * * 26.3 * *
Schwyz * * * * * * * * * 3.4 3.8 1.4 2.6 2.7
Obwalden * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Nidwalden * * * * * * * * * * 19.6 * * *
Glarus * * * * * * * * * * * * 2.7 *
Zug * * * * * * * * * 17.0 15.4 7.2 19.2 16.2
Fribourg * * * * 4.2 * 2.3 * 4.0 6.3 5.0 5.3 12.5 11.8
Solothurn * * * * * 7.3 5.8 4.9 6.0 10.0 7.5 5.6 11.4 9.3
Basel-Stadt * * * * 1.1 4.4 5.6 8.7 9.2 12.1 13.4 11.2 17.7 17.1
Basel-Landschaft * * * 1.9 6.9 11.0 9.5 9.2 12.6 13.8 13.6 14.2 18.0 10.0
Schaffhausen * * * * * * * * * * * 3.4 6.8 4.8
Appenzell A.Rh. * * * * * * * * * * 6.4 * * *
Appenzell I.Rh. * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
St. Gall * * * * * 6.2 4.9 4.0 7.1 6.4 6.4 5.7 10.5 8.7
The Grisons * * * * * * 3.5 * * * 2.2 * 5.5 5.2
Aargau * * * * * 6.8 5.3 4.4 5.1 8.1 7.3 5.5 9.8 7.1
Thurgau * * * 5.9 10.8 9.0 9.3 6.2 7.9 10.2 7.0 5.4 10.6 8.5
Ticino * * * * 1.9 1.0 1.7 1.4 3.0 4.8 6.7 3.5 12.1 9.1
Vaud * 1.0 6.4 7.0 8.4 6.3 4.1 7.1 11.3 14.3 11.6 11.3 19.7 13.5
Valais * * * * 1.7 1.3 1.3 2.1 2.6 3.9 5.0 4.9 10.6 8.4
Neuchâtel * * * 7.4 7.1 8.0 5.9 14.7 13.8 9.4 11.7 9.3 20.8 16.5
Geneva * * * 7.6 11.5 6.7 5.6 8.2 11.2 16.4 14.0 11.5 24.6 15.4
Jura b b * * * * * * * * 11.0 7.3 15.6 11.1
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Party presidents

This is an incomplete list of the presidents of the Green Party since 1990:[14]

See also

Notes and references

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