Christian Social Party (Switzerland)

Not to be confused with the Christian Social Party of Obwalden, which is affiliated with the Christian Democratic People's Party.

The Christian Social Party (CSP) (German: Christlich-soziale Partei, French: Parti chrétien-social) is a political party in Switzerland of the Christian left.^[3] The CSP is more aligned with social democracy than the other major Christian party, the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP), which is more economically liberal. With the moderate Christian left as its background, the CSP commits itself to social-democratic^[3] and environmentalist^[3] political solutions. The core principles of the CSP contain, among others, "solidarity with the socially and economically disadvantaged and the preservation of the environment."^{[This quote needs a citation]}

Christian Social Party
German name	Christlich-soziale Partei (CSP)
French name	Parti chrétien-social (PCS)
Italian name	Partito Cristiano Sociale (PCS)
Romansh name	Partida cristiansociala de la Svizra (PCS)
President	Marius Achermann
Members of the Federal Council	None
Founded	21 June 1997
Split from	Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
Headquarters	Eichenstrasse 79 3184 Wünnewil
Membership (2011)	1,500[1]
Ideology	Christian left Social democracy Environmentalism
Political position	Centre-left[2]
Colours	Turquoise
National Council	0 / 200
Council of States	0 / 46
Cantonal Executives	1 / 154
Cantonal legislatures	15 / 2,609
Website
csp-pcs.ch
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Electoral power

As of 2016, the CSP does not hold any seats in the National Council of Switzerland.

A seat in the lower house was once held for decades by Hugo Fasel representing the canton of Fribourg.

On a cantonal level, the CSP has many elected members, mainly in the Roman Catholic cantons of Valais, Fribourg, Obwalden and Jura. In the latter, the CSP had until late 2010 one elected member in the Executive body, the Conseil d'Etat of the Republic of Jura (where it operates as the Independent Christian Social Party).

Positions

A member of the Christian left, the CSP is a centre-left political party overall and has strong environmentalist views. It also has social values and aims to tax richer people. On a societal point of view, it has more progressive views and acts in favour of abortion rights, same-sex relationships and euthanasia, which differs strongly with other common Christian political parties, which are traditionally socially conservative.

See also

• Christian left