Car party
| Car party | |
|---|---|
| Presidium: | Daniele Weber |
| Vice Presidium: | Christian Rusch |
| Cantonal parliaments: | 0 seats (as of October 2016) |
| Website: | www.auto-partei.ch |
The Auto Party (temporarily Freedom Party of Switzerland (FPS) ) is a political party in Switzerland that was founded in 1985 and operates on the right wing.
history
The right-wing auto party was founded in 1985 by Michael E. Dreher as an antithesis to the Green Party . After the Zurich section, further cantonal parties were founded and had some success relatively quickly. In several cantons the auto party reached parliamentary groups (for example in the cantons of St. Gallen , Thurgau and Schaffhausen ).
The auto party reached its peak in the legislative period from 1991 to 1995 , when it was represented with eight seats in the National Council. With the strengthening of the SVP , but also because of its own aggressive style and internal quarrels, the auto party lost the favor of many voters. Some of its most prominent representatives joined the SVP.
Renamed the Freedom Party
In 1994 the party was renamed the Freedom Party.
Since the 1999 elections , the party has no more seats in the National Council. In the canton of Zurich, for example, where she had won 2 seats in 1991, she received less than 0.2 percent of the vote in the Swiss parliamentary elections in 2003 ( 2007 : 0.1%, 2011 no candidacy). Outside the city of Biel , the party has been a splinter group since the early 2000s . At a delegates' meeting in October 2009, the members decided to return to the slightly changed party name “auto-partei.ch”.
Decline
In Biel, the party was able to last much longer thanks to Jürg Scherrer , who was responsible for the police in the Biel city government until 2008. From 2004 to 2008 she was represented with 7 seats in the 60-member Biel city parliament. Since Scherrer's resignation in 2008, the Biel party has been marked by internal squabbles. These led to their breakup. With the move of City Councilor Martin Scherrer, the son of Jürg Scherrer, to the SVP in May 2012, the Auto Party lost its last official in Switzerland.
Positions
The Auto Party sees itself as a representative of the interests of the “little man”, especially in his characteristics as a driver and Swiss citizen. It represents the interests of motorists and the auto industry and calls for a transport policy that favors motorized private transport. She fights anti-racism legislation and calls for a restrictive asylum , foreigner and drug policy. She is against Switzerland's accession to the European Union , but also against the bilateral agreements . Other goals are economic deregulation , tough austerity and a strong army.
people
President
- 1985 to 1990: Michael E. Dreher , today member of the SVP
- 1990 to 1994: Jürg Scherrer
- 1994 to 1998: Roland Borer , today member of the SVP
- 1998 to 2008: Jürg Scherrer (2nd term of office)
- 2008 to 2010: Peter Commarmot
- 2010 to 2015: Jürg Scherrer (3rd term of office)
- 2015 to 2017: Frank Karli
- since 2017: Daniele Weber
Other former members
- Ulrich Giezendanner , former National Councilor of the SVP
See also
Web links
- Auto Party website
- Holdings: Vorlass Michael D. Dreher: Auto Party Switzerland / Freedom Party of Switzerland. State Archives Schaffhausen. link
Individual evidence
- ^ Cantonal parliamentary elections. Federal Statistical Office, October 25, 2016, accessed on October 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Auto party means auto party again. 20 minutes , accessed October 24, 2009 .
- ↑ Auto party means auto party again. 20 minutes , accessed October 24, 2009 .
- ↑ http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/seeland-jura/Bieler-Freiheitspartei-ringt-mit-dem-Tod/story/27236592 , http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/seeland-jura/Letzt -Community-Council-of-the-Freedom-Party-joins-the-SVP-at / story / 31121359
- ^ The Auto Party loses its last official , Der Bund , accessed May 4, 2012