Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland
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| Abbreviation | AUNS |
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| Formation | June 19, 1986 |
| Founders |
Christoph Blocher |
| Type | Voluntary association |
| Purpose |
Swiss neutrality Euroscepticism Direct democracy |
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Membership
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30,100 members (2014) |
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President
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Lukas Reimann |
| Website | auns.ch/ |
The Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland (German: Aktion für eine unabhängige und neutrale Schweiz or AUNS, French: Action pour une Suisse Indépendante et Neutre or ASIN, Italian: Azione per una Svizzera neutrale e indipendente or ASNI), abbreviated to AUNS, is a political organisation in Switzerland that supports Swiss independence and neutrality.
The AUNS was founded on June 19, 1986, formed out of the Committee Against UN Membership (German: Aktionskomitee gegen den UNO-Beitritt), shortly after a referendum on UN membership was successfully defeated. Its founders were Christoph Blocher of the SVP and of the FDP.
Throughout its history, the AUNS has had some success. It successfully opposed referendums on abolishing the military (1989 & 2001),joining the European Economic Area (1992),joining the EU (2001), as well as numerous other referendums. Additionally, the AUNS supported the immigration referendum of 2014, which was narrowly accepted.
On the other hand, its campaigns against the participation of the Swiss Army in armed UN peace-keeping missions (2001), against Swiss succession to the UN (2002), against the bilateral treaties with the European Union (Bilaterale I (2000), Bilaterale II (2004), right to move directive (2004), Schengen treaty (2005)) and against payment of a billion Swiss Francs to the EU Cohesion Fund (2005) were unsuccessful.
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