Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland

Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
German name	Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz (EVP)
French name	Parti évangelique suisse (PEV)
Italian name	Partito Evangelico Svizzero (PEV)
Romansh name	Partida evangelica da la Svizra (PEV)
President	Marianne Streiff
Founded	1919 P. Christian Protestant; 1994 Swiss Evangelical P.
Headquarters	Josefstrasse 32; Case Postale 3467; 8021 Zürich
Membership (2015)	4,600[1]
Ideology	Christian democracy[2]; Social conservatism[2]; Stewardship theology[3]
Political position	Fiscal: Centre[4] to centre-left[5]; Social: Centre-right
European affiliation	European Christian Political Movement
Colours	Yellow; Blue
National Council	3 / 200
Council of States	0 / 46
Cantonal Executives	0 / 154
Cantonal legislatures	39 / 2,609
Website
	www.evppev.ch
	Politics of Switzerland; Political parties; Elections; Swiss Federal Council; Federal Chancellor; Federal Assembly; Council of States (members); National Council (members); Voting

The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (German: Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz, French: Parti évangelique suisse, Italian: Partito Evangelico Svizzero, Romansh: Partida evangelica da la Svizra) is a Protestant[6] Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland, active mainly in the Cantons of Bern, Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt, Aargau and Zürich.[7] "Evangelical" translates as evangelisch, the German term for "Protestant", as opposed to "evangelical" as used in Anglo-Saxon Christianity.

EVP at district level, 2011

The EVP is conservative on euthanasia, abortion, registered partnerships and other typically Christian issues, centrist on economic issues and stands rather centre-left on issues of wealth redistribution, education, environmentalism and immigration. Among other things, it claims to be "dedicated to protecting the environment out of a sense of responsibility for Creation" and states that "the ethical values of the Bible should be the foundation of society."[3]

Logo of the party before the 100th anniversary redesign (in German)

The EVP is a member of the European Christian Political Movement (EPCM) and was previously an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP) until 2008. In the Federal Assembly of Switzerland the EVP forms a joint group along with the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) and the Christian Social Party of Obwalden (CSP OW).[8]

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