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Young Green bares all for his political cause

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 The Green Party member says he will fight for a more just society and non-violence as well as placing environmental issue high on his agenda. But he says he has no plans to surprise the new parliament with any stunts during the first three-week session, which opens on Monday. He made the headlines by launching…

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“I’m not the Rasputin of foreign affairs”

This content was published on Dec 2, 2007 The Swiss president’s chief of staff and key foreign policy advisor is leaving the administration for a job in the banking industry. Balzaretti, 42, hopes to use his diplomatic qualities in his new post, which he describes as a “great opportunity to enrich my professional knowledge”. swissinfo: What attracted you to the world of diplomacy…

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Putin’s party set for Russian election win

This content was published on Dec 1, 2007 Despite widely reported political repression taking place in Moscow and elsewhere, Switzerland has chosen to pursue the development of its relationship with Russia. “The result is in no doubt,” said Thérèse Obrecht, a former Swiss television correspondent in the Russian capital. “These elections are turning into a plebiscite for Putin.” Opposition parties have been harassed…

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Swiss eager to kick off Euro 2008

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 Nine out of ten of those polled consider the tournament, which is being co-hosted with Austria, the most important event of 2008. Most people are satisfied with preparations. The competition is now showing on the Swiss public’s radar. Two years ago only two-thirds of those polled had heard of Euro 2008, while that figure now…

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Swiss People’s Party

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 Until the 1990s, the People’s Party was the smallest of the parties represented in cabinet, with only 11 per cent of the vote. During the 1990s the party increased its share of the vote to become the most popular party, attracting 22.5 per cent at the 1999 elections. In 2003 its percentage of the vote…

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Social Democratic Party

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 After the strike the party took a softer line and in 1943 it became the strongest party in parliament, finally gaining a seat in the cabinet. A second seat followed in 1959. In the 1980s the centre-left Social Democrats fell out of favour, but recovered to be the strongest party at the 1995 elections. Since…

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Christian Democratic Party

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 Between 1919 and 1987, its share of the vote was stable at around 20 per cent, but since the end of the 1980s the party has steadily lost voters. In the 1999 elections, it gained only 15.9 per cent of the vote, the worst result of all the governing parties. The party lost even more…

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Radical Party

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 Up until 1943 the party held the majority in the seven-member cabinet and was the largest party in parliament until 1999. Since 1993, however, the centre-right Radicals have been steadily losing support, taking only 15.6 per cent of the vote in the 2007 elections. It is the third largest group in the House of Representatives…

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Liberal Party

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 From 1917 to 1919 it had one seat in cabinet. Over the past 30 years the party has regularly gained between two and three per cent of the vote in parliamentary elections. It won 1.8 per cent of the vote in the 2007 polls and has four seats in the House of Representatives.

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Liberal Green Party

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007

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