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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 ...
Founded in 1912 as the Swiss Conservative Party, the Christian Democratic People’s Party was created to represent the interests of Switzerland’s Roman Catholics. Since its founding, it also has included representatives of Christian trade unions.
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The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP) was founded in 1912 as the Catholic Conservative Party of Switzerland, becoming the Conservative-Christian-Social People's Party in 1957. In 1970, the name changed to the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland.
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, also called the Christian Democratic Party, Democratic People's Party and Swiss Christian Democratic Party, was a Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland.
Christian Democratic Party. Since its foundation at the beginning of the 20th century, the Catholic Conservative Party (which became the Christian Democratic People’s Party in 1970) had been defined by Christian social tendencies and committed to social policy.
Dec 1, 2020 · December 1, 2020. Background. The discussion about the reference to Christianity in the party name is nothing new, but has occupied the party on a regular basis since the 1970s. The Christian Democratic People’s Party (CVP) has long been deeply rooted in the traditional Catholic cantons of Switzerland and in the Catholic-conservative milieu.
SP won 39 seats (losing 4); the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (FDP) took 28 seats (losing 4); and the Christian Democratic People’s Party (CVP) took 25 seats (losing 2). The biggest winners of the election were the GPS, which won 28 seats, a 17-seat increase, and the GLP, which won 16 seats, a 9-seat increase.
