The Centre (political party)

The Centre Die Mitte (German) Le Centre (French) Alleanza del Centro / Il Centro (Italian) Allianza dal Center (Romansh)
President	Gerhard Pfister
Members in Federal Council	Viola Amherd
Founded	1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
Merger of	CVP BDP
Youth wing	Young Centre German: Die Junge Mitte French: Jeunes du Centre Italian: Giovani del Centro Romansh: Il Giuven Center
Ideology	Christian democracy[1]
Political position	Centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party (associate)
Colours	Orange
Slogan	Freedom. Solidarity. Responsibility.
Federal Council	1 / 7
National Council	29 / 200
Council of States	15 / 46
Cantonal executives	44 / 154
Cantonal legislatures	501 / 2,609
Website
die-mitte.ch
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The Centre (German: Die Mitte; French: Le Centre; Italian: Il Centro) or Alliance of the Centre (Italian: Alleanza del Centro; Romansh: Allianza dal Center) is a centre-right^[2] political party in Switzerland. It was formed through the merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP/PDC) and the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD). Following the formal merger of the parties on 1 January 2021,^[3] it has 28 of 200 seats in the National Council and 13 of 46 seats in the Council of States. Viola Amherd is the party's representative on the Federal Council.