Political review

The Politische Rundschau was a magazine of the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (FDP), which appeared quarterly from 1922 to 1997.

The full title of the magazine was "Politische Rundschau - Revue politique" . Most recently it was subtitled “Magazine for Culture, Politics and Economy” . Until 1952 the subtitle was “Monthly for free-spirited democratic politics” , then until 1961 “Monthly for culture, politics and economy” . It dealt mainly with current issues of the FDP to shape Swiss society, each issue usually had a focus topic and a corresponding issue title. The Politische Rundschau occasionally contained historical reviews of the party, especially on anniversaries. The articles were mainly published in German, others mostly in French, some articles were bilingual. The authors were FDP politicians, often parliamentarians, federal councilors and other elected officials. The magazine was published by the General Secretariat of the FDP Switzerland in Bern , the editor was the respective General Secretary.