Independence party up!

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Independence party up!
Establishment date: June 18, 2014
Ideology: Libertarianism ,
EU skepticism
Presidium: Simon Scherrer
International connections: International Alliance of Libertarian Parties
Website: up-schweiz.ch

The independence party up! (also up! Switzerland ) is a libertarian political party in Switzerland . It was founded on June 18, 2014 and is the main founder of the International Alliance of Libertarian Parties .

history

The independence party up! was founded in 2014 by Simon Scherrer, Silvan Amberg and Brenda Mäder . The announcement received some media attention as Mäder was the former president of Jungfreisinnigen Schweiz .

In 2015, the party founded a Zurich cantonal section and ran unsuccessfully for the National Council with 0.07% of the vote.

In February 2018, the party again received greater media attention when Silvan Amberg and Simon Scherrer appeared on the Swiss political program "Arena" and called for the abolition of federal taxes.

Political positions

The party's vision is to reduce state activities to a minimum. The sole purpose of the state should be to protect the life, property, and freedom of its citizens.

The party puts an emphasis on its philosophical roots, which include self-ownership and the principle of non-aggression (NAP), and formulated these principles in its "policy paper".

Since its foundation, the party has advocated the abolition of subsidies (e.g. for culture), direct federal taxes, the beer tax, the compulsory old-age pension “ AHV ”, but also the liberalization of migration policy and the legalization of all drugs.

organization

The independence party up! is led by a board of directors which is elected annually by its active members with voting rights (so-called 'drivers') The board can establish local sections.

up! was only active in German-speaking Switzerland, but also has a French website.

The party has confirmed several times that it will only run for legislative elections and will not seek executive office.

Public perception / criticism

up! has been called the "hippie version" of the FDP because of its tolerant positions on homosexuality and drugs. Swiss media have up! referred to as “radical avant-garde” but also as “haters of the state” or “enemies of the state”.

Often up! as young, small or micro party. Some media have criticized up! receives more media coverage than its membership and electorate would give it.

See also

List of libertarian parties (English)
Political parties in Switzerland

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katharina Fontana: The radical pioneers | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , March 28, 2017. 
  2. ^ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: Brenda Mäder founds a new party . In: Thurgauer Zeitung . Retrieved May 5, 2018. 
  3. ↑ National Council election 2015. Accessed June 27, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Should the federal government continue to levy taxes? In: voting «arena». Swiss television, January 20, 2018, accessed on June 27, 2018 .
  5. ↑ www.20minuten.ch, 20 minutes, 20 minutes, www.20min.ch: “We are a minimal state party” . In: 20 minutes . Retrieved May 5, 2018. 
  6. ↑ "Policy Paper". (PDF) up! Switzerland, accessed on June 25, 2018 .
  7. ↑ www.20minuten.ch, 20 minutes, 20 minutes, www.20min.ch: “Soon more filmmakers than viewers” . In: 20 minutes . Retrieved May 5, 2018. 
  8. ↑ www.20minuten.ch, 20 minutes, 20 minutes, www.20min.ch: A loud fight comes to an end . In: 20 minutes . Retrieved May 5, 2018. 
  9. ↑ Blick: Petition: Independence Party wants to abolish beer tax . Retrieved May 5, 2018. 
  10. ^ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: Against taxes and the AHV . In: St.Galler Tagblatt . Retrieved May 5, 2018. 
  11. ↑ View in the evening: You want to go high: Zurich is getting a “hippie FDP” . Retrieved May 5, 2018. 
  12. ^ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: Brenda Mäder founds a new party . In: St.Galler Tagblatt . Retrieved May 5, 2018. 
  13. ↑ View in the evening: You want to go high: Zurich is getting a “hippie FDP” . Retrieved May 5, 2018. 
  14. ^ Julien Duc: Double appearance for micro-party UP in "Arena" . Retrieved May 5, 2018.