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In 1959, the Free Democrats joined the other major parties in agreeing the 'magic formula' to divide up the seats of the Federal Council, with the FDP permanently receiving two of the seven seats. After the 2003 elections , lawmakers of FDP and Liberal Party formed a common parliamentary group in the Federal Assembly .
Both the major Free Democratic Party of Switzerland (Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei der Schweiz/Parti Radical-Démocratique Suisse, member LI, ALDE Party) and the minor Liberal Party of Switzerland (Liberale Partei der Schweiz/Parti Libéral Suisse, member LI) were right-of-center liberal parties that merged into FDP.The Liberals (FDP.Die ...
The party was formed in 2009 from the merger of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Liberal Party. The radical Free Democratic Party, also called the 'Radicals', was Switzerland's major establishment party. [10] Founded in 1894, the party's classical liberal predecessors had governed Switzerland outright for most of the 19th century, and ...
[2] [3] [4] For their names in the four national languages of Switzerland, see #Names in the national languages below. For more detailed information on the political positions of some of the parties listed below, see here: [ 5 ] For Swiss political party strength on the municipal level , see here: [ 6 ]
After cooperating with moderate elements of the Swiss People's Party since 2000, the Liberal Party had a joint slate with the Free Democratic Party in the 2003 federal election. [1] The party was the junior partner of the faction, with only 2.2% of the vote compared with the FDP's 17.3%.
From 1959 until 2004, the seven-seat cabinet had comprised 2 Free Democrats, 2 Christian Democrats, 2 Social Democrats, and 1 Swiss People's Party, but in 2004, the Swiss People's Party took one seat from the Christian Democrats. In 2008 the Conservative Democratic Party split from the SVP, taking both of their Federal Council seats with them ...
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Free Democratic Party: Solothurn: 4 Jonas Furrer (1805–1861) 1 January 1852 31 December 1852 Free Democratic Party: Zürich: 5 Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802–1881) 1 January 1853 31 December 1853 Free Democratic Party: St. Gallen: 6 Friedrich Frey-Herosé (1801–1873) 1 January 1854 31 December 1854 Free Democratic Party: Aargau: 7 Jonas ...