Alpine Parliament
Alpine Parliament is a private organization in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland that operates a website and internet television under the domain www.alpenparlament.tv and is politically active.
According to the newspaper Der Bund , the organization spreads " anti-Semitic , racist and esoteric conspiracy theories " through its media . According to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, it sells alternative medicine remedies, including a "therapy device" that is said to be able to cure hepatitis , tuberculosis , syphilis and malaria within minutes. According to its self-portrayal, however, the organization is a "group of free thinkers" who strive for a revolution "for the good of all people on earth". However, as it emphasizes, there are no connections to the humanist-secular freethinkers association in Switzerland .
politics
Martin Frischknecht was a candidate in the National Council elections in 2003 and 2007 as a top candidate for the “Health Interest Group” (PIG). This represented similar concerns as later the "Alpine Parliament", and some of its candidates later appeared on the "Alpine Parliament" list. The “Alpine Parliament” itself took part in the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2011 in the canton of Bern and received 1,409 votes (0.4%) . For the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2015 , the organization took part in a list with the Swiss People's Party (SVP) and the Young SVP . In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2019 the party enters "Health - Energy - Nature", which describes itself as a "party political arm" of the "Alpine Parliament".
The organization was led in 2013 by founder Martin Frischknecht and Roland Schöni, who used to be politically active with the Swiss Democrats . The group became known in the media in 2013 for administrating the signature collection for the referendum of the Swiss People's Party against the increase in the price of the motorway vignette. In 2016 she acted as a co-initiator of the " Horny Cow Initiative ", which aims to create financial incentives against the dehorning of farm animals. According to the scientifically unproven view of the “Alpine Parliament”, milk from dehorned animals is said to cause allergies.
Alpenparlament.TV
Interview videos are published several times a month on the Internet under the name Alpenparlament.TV . Michael Vogt usually appears as the moderator , as well as Martin Frischknecht himself, as well as other people in individual cases. The first broadcasts appeared in 2009, at the beginning there were also recordings of lectures. Individual documentaries also appeared on the website. In 2011 a film producer named Rolf Grund was named as editor-in-chief . According to Hugo Stamm , the internet station is a platform for the right esoteric ideas of Frischknecht.
«Alpenparlament.TV» recorded conversations with the following people:
"Alpine Parliament Congress"
In 2012 and 2013, the “Alpine Parliament” also organized the “Alpine Parliament Congress”. On June 1 and 2, 2013, according to the program announcement, it offered lectures and discussions by and with:
Some recordings of the lectures and conversations were also published online by Alpenparlament.TV . The 2013 congress was advertised through the Compact magazine .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.alpenparlament.tv/
- ↑ a b Raphaela Birrer: Behind the Horny Cow Initiative are conspiracy theorists , Der Bund , March 23, 2016
- ↑ a b Referendum against the 100-franc vignette: SVP relies on esoteric troops , NZZ of July 11, 2013
- ↑ - ( Memento from July 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/kanton-bern/Nationalratswahlen-185-Bernerinnen-und-361-Berner-draengen-ins-Bundeshaus/story/30906862
- ↑ http://www.freiburger-nachrichten.ch/archiv-sense/pig-eine-partei-fuer-die-gesundheit
- ↑ http://www.zeitenschrift.com/magazin/54-powerquickzap.ihtml
- ^ Martin Frischknecht, Katherina Frischknecht, Franca Kull Bruno Gattiker; see. admin.ch/ch/d/pore/nrw11/list/cand/BE_23_cand.html ( Memento from July 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ); http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/nrw07/list/cand/be_21_cand.html ; http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/nrw03/list/cand/be_21_cand.html
- ^ « List connections especially in the middle and between red and green », Der Bund , August 10, 2015
- ^ Party "Health - Energy - Nature": Election brochure for the National Council elections 2019, p. 4. Accessed on 23 September 2019 .
- ^ Berner Zeitung, Tamedia Espace AG: Five list connections for the national council elections in the canton of Bern . ISSN 1424-1021 ( bernerzeitung.ch [accessed on September 23, 2019]).
- ^ Party "Health - Energy - Nature": Election brochure for the National Council elections 2019, p. 4. Accessed on 23 September 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.alpenparlament.tv/video/delphine-verehrt-gelieben-getoetet/ ( Memento from February 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Hugo Stamm : Esoteric TV station is in crisis after a dispute. In: Tages-Anzeiger on derbund.ch from February 25, 2014
- ↑ A “push” to set off . ( archive.org [accessed August 30, 2020] in the Internet Archive ).