Young alternative YES!

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Young alternative YES!
Establishment date: 1992
Place of foundation: Bern
Website: jungealternative.ch

The young alternative YES! is a political group in the city and canton of Bern . Formally, it does not have organs such as the Presidium, Board of Directors or working groups, nor a permanent membership and corresponding contributions. The group has been represented on the Bern City Council since 1993 and held a seat on the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern from 2002 to 2006 . Since 2020 she has been part of the Young Green Canton of Bern as a city section.

Viewpoints

The young alternative YES! is assigned to the left-wing alternative spectrum and advocates social, feminist , ecological, anti-racist , pacifist and youth-specific issues. It sees itself as part of the international movement critical of globalization .

history

Emergence

The Junge Alternative was founded in 1992 with a view to the elections for the Bern municipal parliament (city council). The founders got to know each other through their commitment to the Group for a Switzerland without an Army (GSoA) , to street-related organizations as part of the open drug scene in Bern, or to existing parties such as the Green Alliance and the Young Socialists .

Recent development

On April 30, 2020, the YES! and the Young Green Canton of Bern (JGKB) that the YES! in future as the Stadtberner section. The YES! should, however, continue to politicize under this abbreviation, and the "open, grassroots" structure of the JA! to be continued.

Participation in elections

The Junge Alternative has been participating in the municipal parliamentary elections in the city of Bern since 1992. She received the following votes:

  • 1992: 1.30%
  • 1996: 2.43%
  • 2000: 2.58%
  • 2004: 2.60%
  • 2008: 3.20%
  • 2012: 2.06%
  • 2016: 2.96%

Furthermore, the Junge Alternative has repeatedly participated in cantonal and national elections. The votes were only enough for one seat in the cantonal elections in 2002 (see below).

Parliamentary representatives

Bern City Council (municipal parliament)

From 1993 to 1996 the JA! represented with one seat on the Bern City Council, from 1996 to 2012 with two seats, and since the elections on November 25, 2012 again with only one. On November 27, 2016, the voting population of the city of Bern again voted two people from JA! elected to the city parliament. The JA! represented by the following persons:

  • Annette Theiler (January 1993 – July 1993)
  • Nico Lutz (August 1993 – April 1999)
  • Barbara Spörri (January 1997 – February 1999)
  • Blaise Kropf (February 1999-July 2002)
  • Erik Mozsa (February 2002-2004)
  • Simon Röthlisberger (July 2002 – June 2007)
  • Anne Wegmüller (January 2005 – March 2009)
  • Lea Bill (June 2007-March 2014)
  • Rahel Ruch (March 2009-December 2012)
  • Seraina Patzen (since April 2014)
  • Eva Krattiger (since January 2017)

Grand Council of the Canton of Bern (Cantonal Parliament)

  • Blaise Kropf (2002-2006)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Young alternative YES! becomes a section of the Young Green Berne - Young Alternative YES! Retrieved on May 3, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ According to data from the Bern City Archives.
  3. ^ City council elections 1996: results
  4. ^ City council elections 2000: results
  5. ^ City council elections 2004: results
  6. ↑ According to data from the Bern City Archives.
  7. ↑ City of Bern: Minutes of the city council elections (PDF; 199 kB)
  8. ↑ City of Bern: Minutes of the city council elections 2016. Accessed on May 3, 2020 .
  9. ↑ According to the information from the Council Secretariat of the City Council of Bern.

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