Green Canton of Bern
| Green Canton of Bern | |
|---|---|
| Establishment date: | 2006 |
| Place of foundation: | Bern |
| Presidium: | Natalie Imboden |
| National Council: | 4 seats ( Regula Rytz , Aline Trede , Christine Badertscher , Kilian Baumann ) |
| Cantonal parliaments: | 14 seats ( Grand Council of Bern ) |
| Cantonal Governments: | 1 seat ( Christine Häsler ) |
| Website: | www.gruenebern.ch |
The Green Canton of Bern (French: Les Verts Canton de Berne ) are a political party from the Canton of Bern , which is a member of the Green Party of Switzerland .
History and activities
The Green Canton of Bern emerged in 2006 from a merger of the two cantonal parties, the Green Free List and the Green Alliance of Bern , which had existed since the 1980s . In the city of Bern, the two parties continue to exist separately, as well as the Green alternative party , which is not part of the Green Canton of Bern.
The 2007 with the Green Canton Bern affiliated Young Green State Bern was founded of 2007. You are part of the Swiss Young Greens .
According to the company's own declaration, "an ecological, social and solidarity-based policy in conjunction with basic liberal values" is pursued.
In addition to political work in parliament and government, the Green Canton of Bern is active in popular initiatives and referendums in the areas of ecology (e.g. protection of cultural land) and social policy (e.g. limitation of health insurance premiums). In elections, the Green Canton of Bern usually works with the Social Democratic Party via lists .
Representation in parliament and government
Representation in the canton parliament
In the 160-member canton parliament , the green cantons of Bern have 14 seats (as of 2018). The Green Group has 15 members because there is also a representative of the Alternative Left (AL) .
Share of voters and size of parliamentary group
| year | proportion of | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 9.9% | 14th | |
| 2014 | 9.8% | 16 | |
| 2010 | 10.1% | 16 | |
| 2006 | 12.9% | 19th | |
| 2002 | 9.1% | 15th |
Data according to the electoral archive of the Canton of Bern. The Grand Council was reduced in 2006 from 200 to 160 seats.
Representation in the government
Since 2006, Bernhard Pulver, Director of Education, a representative of the Green Canton of Bern, has been a member of the cantonal government . He was re-elected in 2010 and 2014. After his resignation, his party colleague Christine Häsler was elected as a member of the government.
literature
- Werner Seitz: Twenty Years of Green Bern: “When environmentalists became political. A brief history of the Greens, who were founded in the canton of Bern 20 years ago, in June 1987 » , in: Der Bund, June 27, 2007. Online
- Peter Züst: The Green Free List and the Green Alliance in the Canton of Bern: Party membership and political attitudes of the members in comparison, Licentiate thesis, Institute for Political Science, Bern, 2006
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Seitz: When environmentalists became political. A brief history of the Greens. In: Der Bund, June 27, 2007. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Young Greens - Portrait. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Mission statement. In: Green Canton of Bern. Retrieved March 22, 2016 .
- ^ Composition of the Grand Council. In: www.gr.be.ch. Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
- ^ Canton of Bern: Election platform. In: www.wahlarchiv.sites.be.ch. Retrieved on March 23, 2016 (For the years before 2006 added results of the Green Free List and Green Alliance).
- ↑ Elections and Votes. Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
- ^ The Director - Education Directorate - Canton of Bern. (No longer available online.) In: www.erz.be.ch. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 22, 2016 . 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.
