Green Party of Switzerland







































Green Party of Switzerland
German name
Grüne Partei der Schweiz (GPS)
French name
Les verts – Parti écologiste suisse (PES)
Italian name
I Verdi – Partito ecologista svizzero (PES)
Romansh name
La Verda – Partida ecologica svizra
President
Regula Rytz (since 2016)[1]
Members of the Federal Council
None
Founded
28 May 1983; 35 years ago (28 May 1983)
Headquarters
Waisenhausplatz 21
CH-3011 Bern
Membership (2015)
7,500[2]
Ideology
Green politics
Progressivism
Pro-Europeanism
Political position
Left-wing[3]
European affiliation
European Green Party
International affiliation
Global Greens
Colours
     Green
National Council

11 / 200


Council of States

1 / 46


Cantonal Executives

7 / 154


Cantonal legislatures

176 / 2,609


Website

www.gruene.ch

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The Green Party of Switzerland (German: Grüne Partei der Schweiz; French: Les verts – Parti écologiste suisse; Italian: I Verdi – Partito ecologista svizzero; Romansh: La Verda – Partida ecologica svizra; "The Greens – Swiss ecologist party") is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.[4]




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Policies


  • 3 Popular support

    • 3.1 National Council and Council of States



  • 4 Party strength over time


  • 5 Party presidents


  • 6 See also


  • 7 Notes and references


  • 8 External links




History


The first Green party in Switzerland 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. Afterwards, 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 become 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 president of a cantonal government (Verena Diener in 1999).



Policies




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


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 center-left. The majority of greens support an accession of Switzerland to the European Union. 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




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


1 / 200





0 / 46





1983
37,079
1.9


3 / 200



Increase 2


0 / 46





1987
94,378
4.9


9 / 200



Increase 6


0 / 46





1991
124,149
6.1


14 / 200



Increase 5


0 / 46





1995
96,069
5.0


8 / 200



Decrease 6


0 / 46





1999
96,807
5.0


8 / 200



Steady 0


0 / 46





2003
156,226
7.4


13 / 200



Increase 5


0 / 46





2007
222,206
9.6


20 / 200



Increase 7


2 / 46



Increase 2


2011
205,984
8.4


15 / 200



Decrease 5


2 / 46



Steady 0


2015[6]
177,938
7.1


11 / 200



Decrease 4


1 / 46



Decrease 1

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.[7]


By 2005, the party held 3.8 percent of the seats in the Swiss cantonal executive governments and 6.9 percent 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.[8]



Party strength over time








































































































































































































































































































































Canton197119751979198319871991199519992003200720112015
Percentage of the total vote for the Green Party in Federal Elections 1971-2015[9]
Switzerland*0.10.61.94.96.15.05.07.49.68.47.1
Zürich*a*1.34.28.07.06.54.18.510.48.46.9
Bern****9.29.95.97.59.312.99.48.5
Lucerne*****9.38.18.09.89.58.37.1
Uri********30.6**26.3
Schwyz*********3.43.81.4
Nidwalden**********19.6*
Zug*********17.015.47.2
Freiburg****4.2*2.3*4.06.35.05.3
Solothurn*****7.35.84.96.010.07.55.6
Basel-Stadt****1.14.45.68.79.212.113.411.2
Basel-Landschaft***1.96.911.09.59.212.613.813.614.2
Schaffhausen***********3.4
Appenzell A.Rh.**********6.4*
St. Gallen*****6.24.94.07.16.46.45.7
Graubünden******3.5***2.2*
Aargau*****6.85.34.45.18.17.35.5
Thurgau***5.910.89.09.36.27.910.27.05.4
Ticino****1.91.01.71.43.04.86.73.5
Vaud*1.06.47.08.46.34.17.111.314.311.611.3
Valais****1.71.31.32.12.63.95.04.9
Neuchâtel***7.47.18.05.914.713.89.411.79.3
Genève***7.611.56.75.68.211.216.414.011.5
Jurabb********11.07.3
1.^a * indicates that the party was not on the ballot in this canton.

2.^b Part of the Canton of Bern until 1979.


Party presidents


This is an incomplete list of the presidents of the Green Party:



  • Ruth Genner (2001-2008)


  • Ueli Leuenberger (2008-2012)


  • Adèle Thorens Goumaz (co-president; 2012-2016)


  • Regula Rytz (2012-present; co-president until 2012)


See also


  • Green party

  • Green politics

  • Environmental movement in Switzerland

  • List of environmental organizations


Notes and references




  1. ^ "Präsidium" (in German). Grüne Partei der Schweiz. Retrieved 2016-04-16. 


  2. ^ The Swiss Confederation — A Brief Guide (PDF). Federal Chancellery. 2015. p. 20. Retrieved December 14, 2016. 


  3. ^ Federal Chancellery, Communication Support (2016). The Swiss Confederation – a brief guide. Switzerland: Swiss Confederation. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016. 


  4. ^ "Switzerland | Left of Centre | The Green Party of Switzerland | Trade Bridge Consultants". tradebridgeconsultants.com. Retrieved 2017-05-30. 


  5. ^ Lucardie, Paul (2016-12-05). Green Parties in Transition: The End of Grass-roots Democracy?. Routledge. ISBN 9781351932110. 


  6. ^ Bundesamt für Statistik. "Nationalratswahlen: Übersicht Schweiz". Retrieved 2015-10-19. 


  7. ^ NZZ Online, November 11, 2007 (German)


  8. ^ Church, Clive (October 2007). "ELECTION BRIEFING No 39 EUROPE AND THE SWISS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 21OCTOBER 2007". Retrieved 30 May 2017. 


  9. ^ Nationalratswahlen 2015: Der Wandel der Parteienlandschaft seit 1971 (Report). Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 2015. 



External links





  • Green Party of Switzerland (official site) (in German) (in French)

  • Swiss Greens International


  • Green Party in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.








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