Social Liberal Movement
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German name | Sozial-Liberale Bewegung |
French name | Mouvement socio-libéral |
Italian name | Movimento social-liberale |
President | Samuel Schmid |
Founded | 23 April 2011 |
Headquarters | Balderstrasse 13 3007 Berne |
Ideology | Social conservatism[1] |
Colours | Orange |
National Council | 0 / 200
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Council of States | 0 / 46
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Cantonal legislatures | 0 / 2,609
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The Social Liberal Movement (SLM; German: Sozial-Liberale Bewegung, French: Mouvement socio-libéral, Italian: Movimento social-liberale) is a social conservative[1] party in Switzerland.
The SLM was founded on 23 April 2011 by Samuel Schmid,[2] a member of the Grand Council of Aargau originally elected from the right-wing Federal Democratic Union. He was joined in June by Ricardo Lumengo, a member of the National Council originally elected from the centre-left Social Democratic Party.
The SLM has branches in Aargau, Bern and Zurich, and claims hundreds of members.[3] It won no seats in the 2011 federal election, but 0.5% of the vote in Aargau and 0.3% of the vote in Bern.
Footnotes
- ^ a b Foppa, Daniel (23 April 2011), "Und noch eine soziale und liberale Partei", Tagesanzeiger (in German), retrieved 3 Sep 2011
- ^ "Grossrat Samuel Schmid gründet eine neue Partei". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 23 April 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ "Fédérales 2011: Lumengo en lice pour le Mouvement socio-libéral". Tribune de Genève (in French). 16 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.