The Liberals (Switzerland)

FDP.The Liberals
PresidentThierry Burkart
Federal Councillors
Founded1 January 2009 (2009-01-01)
Merger ofFree Democratic Party, Liberal Party
HeadquartersNeuengasse 20
Postfach 6136
CH-3001 Bern
Youth wingYoung Liberals
Membership (2015)120,000[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[7] to centre-right[8]
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
International affiliationLiberal International
Colours  Azure
Federal Council
2 / 7
National Council
28 / 200
Council of States
11 / 46
Cantonal executives
42 / 154
Cantonal legislatures
557 / 2,609
Website

FDP.The Liberals (German: FDP.Die Liberalen, French: PLR.Les Libéraux-Radicaux, lit.'LRP.The Liberal-Radicals', Italian: PLR.I Liberali Radicali, Romansh: PLD.Ils Liberals) is a liberal political party in Switzerland. It is tied for the largest party in the Federal Council, is the third-largest party in the National Council and is the second-largest in the Council of States.

The party was formed on 1 January 2009, after two parties, the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) and the smaller Liberal Party (LPS/PLS), united. In Vaud and Valais, the parties retain separate organisations. Its youth organisation is Young Liberals. With 120,000 members as of 2015, the FDP has the most members of any party: 20% more than the second-placed Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP/PDC).[1]

The party is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) and an observer member of the Liberal International. The party's president is Petra Gössi. The current FDP representatives in the Federal Council are Ignazio Cassis and Karin Keller-Sutter.

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  3. ^ Laurent Bernhard (2012). Campaign Strategy in Direct Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-137-01135-0.
  4. ^ Hans Slomp (26 September 2011). Europe, a Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. p. 489. ISBN 978-0-313-39181-1.
  5. ^ Caroline Close (2019). "The liberal family ideology: Distinct, but diverse". In Emilie van Haute; Caroline Close (eds.). Liberal Parties in Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-351-24549-4.
  6. ^ Close, Caroline (2019). "The liberal party family ideology: Distinct, but diverse". In Close, Caroline; van Haute, Emilie (eds.). Liberal Parties in Europe. Routledge. pp. 338–339. ISBN 9781351245487.
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