Green Party of Switzerland
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Green Party of Switzerland
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| German name | Grüne Partei der Schweiz (GPS) |
| French name | Les verts – Parti écologiste suisse (PES) |
| Italian name | I Verdi – Partito ecologista svizzero (PES) |
| Romansh name | La Verda – Partida ecologica svizra |
| President | Regula Rytz (since 2016) |
| Members of the Federal Council | None |
| Founded | 28 May 1983 |
| Headquarters | Waisenhausplatz 21 CH-3011 Bern |
| Membership (2015) | 7,500 |
| Ideology |
Green politics Social progressivism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
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11 / 200
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| Council of States |
1 / 46
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| Cantonal Executives |
7 / 154
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| Cantonal legislatures |
176 / 2,609
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The Green Party of Switzerland (German: Grüne Partei der Schweiz; French: Les verts – Parti écologiste suisse; Italian: I Verdi – Partito ecologista svizzero; Romansh: La Verda – Partida ecologica svizra; "The Greens – Swiss ecological party") is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.
The first Green party in Switzerland was founded as a local party in 1971 in the town of Neuchâtel. In 1979, Daniel Brélaz was elected to the National Council as the first Green MP on the national level (in Switzerland and in the world). Local and regional Green parties and organisations were founded in many different towns and cantons in the following years.
In 1983, two different national green party federations were created: in May, diverse local green groups came together in Fribourg to form the Federation of Green Parties of Switzerland, and in June, some left-alternative groups formed the Green Alternative Party of Switzerland in Bern. In 1990, an attempt to combine these organisations failed. Afterwards, some of the member groups from the Green Alternative Party joined the Federation of Green Parties which has become the de facto national Green party. In 1993, the Federation of Green Parties changed its name to the Green Party of Switzerland.
In 1986, the first two Green members of a cantonal government become members of the Regierungsrat of Bern.
In 1987, the Green Party of Switzerland joined the European Federation of Green Parties.
In the 1990s, members of the Green Party became town mayors, members of the high court and even president of a cantonal government (Verena Diener in 1999).
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