Nationally Oriented Swiss Party

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Nationally Oriented Swiss Party
Establishment date: September 10, 2000
Presidium: Florian Gerber (since 2019)
Share of voters: 0.01% (as of 2003 parliamentary elections )
Party structure: 11 cantonal
sections 1 western Swiss section
Groupings: Ancestral storm
Home address: PNOS regional management
PO Box 1169
CH-4900 Langenthal
Website: www.pnos.ch

The National Oriented Swiss Party (PNOS) , French Parti nationaliste suisse (PNS) is a right-wing extremist , folk - nationalist Swiss party that was founded in 2000 by Jonas Gysin and Sacha Kunz .

Political classification

The party program is based on nationalist-folk-right-wing extremist ideas. The PNOS itself calls its political orientation “federal-socialist”.

The PNOS was classified as a right-wing extremist organization by the Federal Office of Police in 2001 . The annual state security report classified the PNOS in the following years as less dangerous from year to year and also mentions the party's deliberate renunciation of force, but points out that this had strategic reasons. The party emphasizes that it is serious about renouncing violence.

Since Bernhard Schaub , the author of the party program, left the party, official party policy seems to be slowly moving from a National Socialist and, above all, frontist course in the direction of the “ New Right ”. But the still strong reference to the National Front comes to light externally through the use of its symbols (Old Federal Swiss Cross , Morgenstern ) and word creations (“ Federal Socialism ”, “ National Renewal Movement ”). In addition, during the election campaign for the 2003 National Council elections, the PNOS used a poster (“ We clean up! ”) That the National Front had already used in 1933 in an almost identical manner.

In the 01/2006 issue of the party magazine “ZeitGeist”, Michael Haldimann announced the definitive departure from the previous “chauvinist-reactionary” policy and took a stand against historical National Socialism.

The PNOS party program of December 2006 includes radical changes such as the conversion to a meritocracy , which makes civil protection , military service or unspecific labor service on behalf of the state as a prerequisite for civil rights , but also includes demands such as the standardization of the education system , free economic reforms, the creation of a state unified health insurance , the withdrawal from nuclear energy , to ethno-pluralistic foreign policy and stricter animal protection laws that forbid slaughter . In addition, the PNOS demands the inclusion of traditional Chinese medicine and other alternative healing methods in the catalog of obligations of the health insurance companies.

organization

In the past 16 years, the PNOS has changed its organizational form at least four times. On April 16, 2010, PNOS completely revised its statutes. There is again a new presidium at the top of the party. The PNOS justified this step with the fact that a federal executive committee does not meet the legal requirements for a party. There are currently four members of the state management.

activities

The PNOS is mainly active in cantonal sections in Northwestern Switzerland , Espace Mittelland and in Eastern Switzerland . Former local sections in Oberaargau , Bernese Oberland , Bernese Seeland , the city of Bern and Willisau were dissolved. According to its own information, the PNOS has over 300 members. The Federal Office of Police assumes around 250 members in 2015, observers estimate around 30 active members. Furthermore, the PNOS hosts an annual party conference, a quarterly magazine with the Frontists reminiscent entitled " Haru! »And has not participated in elections since 2012. In December 2015, a group of activists founded the Eastern Switzerland section, which included the cantons of St. Gallen, Thurgau, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Schaffhausen and Graubünden. In 2015 PNOS founded its own security service called Ahnensturm.

The Solothurn section was re-established in 2017 .

In April 2020, Der Bund wrote that "on paper", 800 people were members of the PNOS. However, some sections are barely active and often only a handful of people come to their round tables.

history

On September 10, 2000, the party was founded by Jonas Gysin and Sacha Kunz , and on February 27, 2001 the first unauthorized demonstration took place in Olten .

Party founder Sacha Kunz resigned from the party on April 1, 2003. The new party chairman was Jonas Gysin, who was involved in a restructuring of the party on May 25, 2003.

On October 19, 2003, PNOS took part in the National Council elections in Canton Aargau for the first time with candidate Ralph Aschwanden . He was not elected with 0.31 percent.

On May 1, 2004, the PNOS in Langenthal carried out another unauthorized demonstration on “Federal Labor Day” with around 200 participants, at which right-wing populist slogans were chanted. At the same time there was a counter-demonstration by anti-fascists , and there were isolated skirmishes between the two groups . Another call on August 1, 2004 was followed by around 600 people. The PNOS celebrates its own unauthorized national celebration on the Rütli .

Tobias Hirschi was elected to the Langenthal City Council on September 26, 2004 with 13.2 percent; in 2008 he did not stand for election due to his isolation. Instead, Timotheus Winzenried was elected, who resigned in 2009; the seat was voluntarily relinquished in 2011 by the subsequently nominated Hirschi. On April 24, 2005, a member of the party was elected to the municipal council of Günsberg with 21.1 percent . After three years he resigned from the municipal council and the PNOS renounced the seat. The party accepted with Tobias Hirschi and Dominic Lüthard in 2006 Grand Council elections in the canton of Bern . Both were not elected with 2 percent. Lüthard took part in the local council elections in Roggwil on October 29, 2006 , but was not elected by 5.6 percent.

On August 21, 2005, the PNOS announced the resignation of Jonas Gysin. The party leadership was taken over by a federal executive committee.

On August 1, 2006, it was reported that the party's website was hacked by strangers. Members were then referred to on the site as “ Holocaust liars and misanthropists ”.

On December 16, 2006, a demonstration against a planned minaret took place in Langenthal , and on August 5, 2007, 300 supporters of the PNOS subsequently celebrated the national celebration on the Rütliwiese.

The PNOS section Basel, which includes the two half-cantons Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt, was founded on January 18, 2009 in Gelterkinden and on August 2, 2009 the party took part in the later federal celebration on the Rütliwiese. On March 7, 2010, the PNOS again took part in the Grand Council elections in the canton of Bern. The candidates Raphael Würgler and Dominic Lüthard were not elected with 1.8 percent, and the candidate Denise Friederich also failed with 0.6 percent of the vote.

In 2014, PNOS members from western Switzerland founded the French-speaking right-wing extremist movement Résistance Helvétique .

In 2017, PNOS took on the small DPS party .

On October 20, 2019, Dominic Lüthard resigned from his post as party president after seven years. Florian Gerber, previously deputy party president, was elected as the new party president. Yannic Nuoffer became deputy party president and media spokesman, Tamara Klingler became party secretary.

Conflicts with the law

Several times, members of the PNOS came into conflict with the law in their political activities. In July 2005, several members of the former party executive committee, including the former party chairman Jonas Gysin (already convicted of assault ), were convicted of racial discrimination by the Aarau district office . The judge in charge also examined the party's 20-point party program and assessed it as follows: "The PNOS party program contains collective abuse of foreigners by denying them human rights and calling for the return of foreigners who are foreign to their culture." Since all of the above exponents have meanwhile disappeared from the scene, there is reason to assume that the PNOS wants to wash itself away from this past, but it is still said to have connections to such right-wing extremist militant circles.

In July 2010, the former chairman of the PNOS Basel section, Philippe Eglin, who already had a criminal record for simple bodily harm, was sentenced to an unconditional fine of 10,800 francs for racial discrimination. He had the diary of Anne Frank called a tall tale. The judgment is final.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Breakdown of PNOS into sections. Retrieved September 11, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Federal Internal Security Report 2005 ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.94 MB)
  3. ↑ Thomas Fuchs and the speaker with a Pnos past , on Tagesanzeiger.ch, accessed on June 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "PNOS - clearly right-wing extremist goals" , from Wochen-Zeitung.ch, accessed on June 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ Pnos Visiting right-wing extremists ( memento from July 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), from Observer.ch, accessed on June 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ Federal Internal Security Report 2001 ( Memento of September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 741 kB)
  7. ↑ pnos.ch: PNOS party program (PDF file; 2.97 MB)
  8. ↑ PNOS website: PNOS holds first general meeting
  9. ↑ http://www.pnos.ch/?pid=500
  10. ↑ kfr: PNOS founded new section , in: Eastern Switzerland on Sunday , from December 30, 2015
  11. ↑ http://pnos.ch/index.php?seite=mommunikations_detail.php&sprache=37&meldungid=1709
  12. ↑ http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Rechte-Pnos-gruendet-eigene--Sturmtrupp--17603169
  13. ↑ The brown core should not shine through , Der Bund, April 14, 2020
  14. ^ Election poster withdrawn , in: NZZ No. 209 of September 10, 2003, p. 14
  15. ↑ (ap) : Fewer participants in rallies on May 1 , in: NZZ No. 101 of May 3, 2004, p. 13
  16. ^ "Wilhelm Tell" as a national celebration on the Rütli. Right-wing scene sees itself cheated about traditional appearance , in: NZZ No. 170 of July 24, 2004, p. 13 (preliminary report)
  17. ↑ See NZZ No. 250 of October 26, 2004, p. 14
  18. ↑ "The Pnos harms Langenthal's reputation" , 20 minutes, October 27, 2008
  19. ↑ The Pnos renounces their seat in the Langenthal city council , Oltner Tagblatt, November 30, 2011
  20. ↑ PNOS member leaves Günsberg executive. In: Blick.ch , accessed on September 11, 2019.
  21. ↑ See ( sda ) PNOS member in the Günsberg municipal council , NZZ No. 95 of April 25, 2005, p. 8
  22. ↑ PNOS boss Jonas Gysin resigns , in: NZZ No. 194 of August 22, 2005, p. 8
  23. ↑ Website hacked? 20 Minuten Online, August 1, 2006, accessed November 30, 2011 .
  24. ↑ Right-wing extremists catch up on the Rütli federal party , in: NZZ , August 6, 2007
  25. ↑ 150 right-wing extremists on the Rütli. Swiss television, August 2, 2009, accessed November 30, 2011 .
  26. ↑ Berner Zeitung: More people are running for Bern's parliament than ever before
  27. ↑ Kurt Pelda: The main thing is hatred . Tages-Anzeiger , June 23, 2018
  28. ↑ Michael Sahli: "Merger of the patriotic camp of Switzerland": Swiss right-wing extremists ally! ( blick.ch [accessed on July 15, 2017]).
  29. ↑ 9th Ordinary General Assembly of PNOS. In: PNOS. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
  30. ^ ZB (sda): Judgments against two representatives of the right-wing extremist PNOS , in: NZZ No. 252 of October 28, 2004, p. 14
  31. ↑ (ap): PNOS exponent for racial discrimination fined , in NZZ No. 166 of July 19, 2005, p. 12; (sda): PNOS announces appeal against racism judgment , in: NZZ No. 167 of July 20, 2005, p. 14 (regarding “four board members” ); Prison sentence for the founder of PNOS , in NZZ , May 9, 2006 (regarding Sacha Kunz ); Conviction for racism accepted , in NZZ , May 27, 2006; Busse because of racial discrimination , NZZ , August 29, 2006 (regarding Pascal Lüthard ); kfr .: Reduced fines due to a racism incident , NZZ , June 13, 2007
  32. ↑ SF 1 : PNOS activist convicted of racial discrimination Article with video from July 21, 2010
  33. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger : The Lost Fatherland Fighters from July 21, 2010
  34. ^ The conviction of PNOS man Eglin is final , online reports from January 25, 2011