Social Liberal Movement
Social Liberal Movement | |
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German name | Sozial-Liberale Bewegung |
French name | Mouvement socio-libéral |
Italian name | Movimento social-liberale |
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Founded | 23 April 2011 |
Headquarters | Balderstrasse 13 3007 Berne |
Ideology | Social conservatism[1] |
Colours | Orange |
National Council | 0 / 200
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Council of States | 0 / 46
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Cantonal legislatures | 0 / 2,609
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The Social Liberal Movement (German: Sozial-Liberale Bewegung, SLB; French: Mouvement socio-libéral, MSL; Italian: Movimento social-liberale, MSL) is a social conservative[1] party in Switzerland. Founded in 2011, the SLB has one member of the National Council.
The party was founded by on 23 April 2011.[2] Schmid, a member of the Grand Council of Aargau originally elected for the right-wing Federal Democratic Union, was joined in June 2011 by Ricardo Lumengo, a member of the National Council originally elected for the centre-left Social Democratic Party.
The party has branches in Aargau, Bern, and Zurich, and claims to have hundreds of members.[3]
The party failed to have any representatives elected at the 2011 federal election: winning 0.5% of the vote in Aargau and 0.3% of the vote in Bern.
Footnotes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Foppa, Daniel (23 April 2011), "Und noch eine soziale und liberale Partei", Tagesanzeiger (in German), retrieved 3 Sep 2011
- ^ "Grossrat Samuel Schmid gründet eine neue Partei". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 23 April 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Fédérales 2011: Lumengo en lice pour le Mouvement socio-libéral". Tribune de Genève (in French). 16 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
External links[]
- (in German) Social Liberal Movement official website in German
- (in French) Social Liberal Movement official website in French
- Political parties in Switzerland
- Political parties established in 2011
- Western European political party stubs
- Switzerland politics stubs