Federal Democratic Union Zurich
| Federal Democratic Union Zurich | |
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| Establishment date: | 1975 |
| Place of foundation: | Zurich |
| Ideology: | Religious rights |
| Presidium: | Hans Egli |
| Vice Presidium: | Heinz Kyburz |
| Secretary General: | Daniel Suter (Managing Director) |
| Share of voters: | 2.27% (as of: Cantonal Council elections 2019 ) |
| Cantonal parliaments: |
3/180 |
| Party structure: | 9 district sections 7 local sections 1 young party |
| Website: | www.edu-zh.ch |
The Swiss Federal Democratic Union , or EDU Zurich for short , is a Christian - conservative Swiss party . As the Zurich cantonal party of EDU Switzerland , it is assigned to the religious right .
history
EDU Zurich has been represented in the Zurich Cantonal Council since 1999 . Between 2003 and 2007, EDU Zurich was also represented on the National Council with Markus Wäfler . In the 2007 parliamentary elections, however, this seat went to the Green Liberal Party , with which the EDU had entered into a list connection . Since then, the EDU Zurich no longer has a seat in the national parliament.
In the 2019 cantonal elections , the EDU achieved 4 seats and thus lost the size of the parliamentary group. A few days after the elections, Cantonal Councilor Maria Rita Marty announced that she would switch from the EDU to the SVP , with which the EDU has formed a parliamentary group since the 2019 elections. Since Marty was transferred, the EDU has been represented with 3 seats in the Cantonal Council: Hans Egli , Erich Vontobel and Thomas Lamprecht .
Content profile
According to its own statements, the EDU Zurich orients its policy on basic biblical values. She sees in reverence and responsibility for the Creator the basis for "true justice, freedom and human dignity".
Socio-politically , the party belongs to the conservative camp. She sees marriage and family as the “basic cell” of society, which must be protected from collapse and financially relieved. A major concern of the EDU Zurich is the "protection of life " and human dignity . To this end, as many suicides and abortions as possible must be prevented through preventive measures and offers of help for those at risk. In 2009, the EDU Zurich submitted the cantonal popular initiative “No to death tourism in the canton of Zurich”. The initiative was clearly rejected on May 15, 2011 with 78.41 percent of the votes against. In spring 2015, the EDU Zurich submitted the “Protection of Marriage” initiative with 7,000 signatures in the Canton of Zurich. The aim of the initiative was to define marriage in the cantonal constitution as a "cohabitation of women and men". In the referendum on November 27, 2016, the popular initiative was rejected with around 81 percent no votes.
In order to increase social justice , the EDU does not want any further tax breaks for the highest incomes and no lowering of the premium reductions for health insurance companies. In addition, the EDU rejects subsidies for childcare outside the family by the canton and municipalities. From their point of view, childcare is not a government responsibility, but a parent's responsibility and leads to higher taxes. The EDU would also like to adjust child and training allowances to the inflation rate.
In terms of economic policy , it positions itself liberally and advocates a social market economy and a lean, strong and secure state. In order to keep the canton's finances in balance, the EDU wants to consistently save, reduce debts and then lower taxes. In addition, the EDU Zurich wants tax fraud and evasion to be made unattractive.
In terms of environmental policy , the EDU Zurich does not see the real problem in CO 2 consumption or climate change , but rather in the high consumption of resources and energy in general. For example, it advocates the replacement of climate cents and CO 2 tax with the purpose- related , time-limited incentive tax on the mineral oil tax for fossil fuels. This income is intended to promote renewable energy sources and improve energy efficiency. In order to secure the energy supply in Switzerland for the future, the EDU would like to expand local hydropower plants .
In terms of security policy , the EDU Zurich relies on the canton police, whose target stock is to be replenished. She also spoke out in favor of a consistent implementation of the deportation and custody initiative .
organization
The EDU Zurich is divided into the district sections Affoltern , Dietikon , Hinwil , Horgen , Meilen , Pfäffikon , Uster , Winterthur / Andelfingen and Zurich Unterland as well as the local sections Bubikon-Wolfhausen (inactive since August 29, 2016), Rüti / Dürnten , city of Uster , Wädenswil , Wetzikon , City of Winterthur and City of Zurich and in the young EDU Zurich, which has the status of a district party within the party.
The board consists of the management, a representative of each district party and the individual members elected at the party congress. In June 2019 it consisted of President Hans Egli, Vice President Heinz Kyburz, Cantonal Councilors Erich Vontobel and Thomas Lamprecht as well as Martin Lobsiger, Ulrich Isler, Peter Häni and Managing Director Daniel Suter.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ [1] Definitive final results from the statistical office of the Canton of Zurich
- ↑ Stefan Hotz: A canton councilor defected to the SVP - and the EDU sank into insignificance. In: nzz.ch. May 16, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
- ↑ The most important information about the EDU Kanton Zurich self-portrait on www.edu-zh.ch
- ↑ Dorothee Vögeli: nzz.ch. November 21, 2016, accessed July 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Welcome to the EDU Bubikon-Wolfhausen website. In: edu-zh.ch. August 31, 2016, accessed July 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Statutes of EDU Zurich page 2
- ↑ Management. In: edu-zh.ch. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .
