Le Matin. Yesterday, Toni Brunner, president of the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP), announced he would quit as the party’s president on 23 April 2016. Then today the Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick, reported that Christoph Blocher also plans to resign from his post as one of the party’s several vice presidents at the same time as its president. Brunner, who described Blocher […]
The video behind the Swiss People’s Party’s election success
This week the Economist magazine wrote of the UDC’s (SVP) highly effective election campaign and how it was a key driver of the party’s record breaking success in last weekend’s election. Instead of using the combative slogans of the past, voters were wooed with softer messages. Swiss 2015 federal elections: UDC gains big ground (Le […]
Swiss People’s Party (UDC) set to win record share of votes in Swiss election
20 Minutes. A Switzerland-wide online survey done by the newspaper 20 Minutes last week, predicts the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP) is set to win the largest share of votes in its history at the next Federal election. In the last election four years ago the party won 26.6% of votes. The poll predicts it will […]