Vigilance
Vigilance (German: Vigilance) was a right-wing populist party from the Swiss canton of Geneva .
history
Vigilance emerged from a citizens' movement founded in 1964 that opposed the staging of the play “Un banquier sans visage” by Walter Weidell on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Geneva joining Switzerland, which the Canton of Geneva supported financially. In the following year, Vigilance was able to move into the Grand Council with ten (out of 100) members . In the 1969 Grand Council elections, the party failed because of the 7% clause applicable in Geneva, but was able to move back into the cantonal parliament in 1973 and was to be represented there until it was dissolved. From the Swiss parliamentary elections in 1975 she was represented in the National Council. This mandate was exercised by Mario Soldini , a former employee of the Geneva fascist leader Georges Oltramare . The Vigilants achieved their greatest electoral success in 1985 when they won 19 seats in the cantonal parliament and thus became the second largest party. After that, however, political differences within the movement led to a rapid decline: Soldini lost his seat in the 1987 elections and the party dissolved as early as 1991. Some Vigilance politicians later became involved in the Geneva SVP or the Mouvement citoyens genevois .
Party platform
In its party program, Vigilance called for the protection of small owners and criticized Geneva's rapid growth and asylum policy. She supported the foreign infiltration initiatives and was critical of the Geneva-based international organizations. Her motto was “Restons princes dans notre ville” (“Let us stay princes in our city!”, To be understood as “we remain the mistress of our city!”).
Web links
Sébastien Farré: Vigilance. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .