FDP Canton of Zurich
The FDP Canton of Zurich (spelling according to the statutes of the FDP, the Liberal Canton of Zurich ) is a political party in Switzerland . It forms the section of the canton of Zurich of the FDP Switzerland, which emerged on January 1, 2009 from the merger of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Liberal Party of Switzerland (LPS) .
history
Its roots go back to the 19th century. The Liberal Democratic Party emerged in 1894 and in turn emerged from the National Association founded in 1835 and the Volksverein formed in 1872 . In 1978 the parliamentary group was created.
The Liberal Party of Switzerland emerged from the Swiss Federal Association, which was constituted in 1875 and comprised the liberal conservatives of the reformed cantons. In 1893 the Liberals created the Liberal Democratic Group in Parliament and in 1913 the Liberal Party of Switzerland.
Party organs and organization
With around 9,500 members, the FDP Canton of Zurich is the party with the largest number of members in the Canton of Zurich . In the Zurich Cantonal Council , the party has 29 seats for the 2019–2023 legislature. The party is represented in the government council of the canton of Zurich by Carmen Walker Späh . As a Council of States , Ruedi Noser represents the Canton of Zurich in the Council of States. The canton of Zurich is represented in the federal parliament by the free-minded national councilors Beat Walti , Hans-Peter Portmann , Doris Fiala , Regine Sauter and Andri Silberschmidt .
Party president is former Cantonal Councilor Hans-Jakob Boesch from Zurich in the Zurich district , the parliamentary group leader is Beatrix Frey-Eigenmann from the Meilen district .
Content focus and values
In the 2015 cantonal and national council elections, the party focused on the campaign theme of “securing and creating jobs”. This goal is to be achieved thanks to various measures. The companies must be relieved through tax reductions and bureaucracy, so that they can concentrate better on the success of domestic and foreign competition. Specifically, the party demanded that corporate tax reform III be implemented as quickly as possible. Furthermore, government spending is to be frozen and expensive projects prevented.
Another important aspect of job security is the bilateral agreements with the European Union, because the Swiss economy is closely linked to the European internal market. Free access to the market economy is a basic requirement for Swiss companies to be internationally successful. The party therefore consistently advocates the bilateral path with the European Union and further free trade agreements with other countries.
Ultimately, however, jobs can only be secured and created through innovation and first-class education. The party is therefore committed to making the canton of Zurich even more important as a research, education and innovation location. In concrete terms, this means that the dual education system and the compatibility of work and family should be strengthened.
The content-related positioning of the FDP Canton of Zurich is based on the ideological values of the FDP Switzerland : freedom, community spirit and progress. These values are the basis for free-spirited achievements such as: “Liberal economic and social order, federalism, direct democracy, rule of law, a strong but lean state, the militia system, a good education system and cosmopolitanism”.
Web links
literature
- Pietro Maggi (Free Democratic Party of the City of Zurich): 100 years of the FDP of the City of Zurich: 1892–1992, Zurich 1992
Individual evidence
- ^ Statutes of the FDP. The Liberal Canton of Zurich ( [1] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).
- ^ Cantonal parliamentary group of the FDP Canton of Zurich ( [2] ).
