Liberal Party of Switzerland
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The Liberal Party of Switzerland (German: Liberale Partei der Schweiz, French: Parti liberal suisse, Italian: Partito Liberale Svizzero) is a free market liberal party in Switzerland. The party is a member of Liberal International.
In the 2003 General Election they had a joint slate with the Free Democratic Party. They are very much the junior partner with only 2.2% of the vote compared with the FDP's 17.3%. But in their strongholds, the protestant Cantons of french-speaking Switzerland and the Canton of Basel-City they got up to 16.8 percent (Geneva).
In 2003, it holds 4 mandates (out of 200) in the Swiss National Council (first chamber of the Swiss parliament). It was neither represented in the second chamber nor in the Swiss Federal Council (executive body). By 2005, it hold 3,7% of the seats in the Swiss Cantonal parliaments, 2,9% of the Cantonal government seats(index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats).
[edit] See also
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism and radicalism in Switzerland
[edit] External link
- Liberal Party official site (in French and German)
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