The Republican Movement (french: Mouvement républicain; german: Republikanische Bewegung) was a political party in
Switzerland between 1971 and 1989.
History
The party was formed by
James Schwarzenbach
James Schwarzenbach (August 5, 1911 – October 27, 1994) was a right-wing Swiss politician and publicist. In the 1970s he was head of the short-lived Republican Movement. He also was publisher of fascist, völkisch, and antisemitic literat ...
as a breakaway from the
National Action against the Infiltration of People and Homeland party in 1971.
[ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1899 ][Swiss Democrats (SD)]
Political Year It received 4.3% of the vote in the
elections that year,
[Nohlen & Stöver, p1950] winning seven seats.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p1954] However, in the
1975 elections the party's share of the vote fell to 3% and it was reduced to four seats.
[ The 1979 elections saw the party lose the majority of its support as it was reduced to 0.6% of the vote and won only one seat.][Nohlen & Stöver, p1955] It saw another fall in its vote share to 0.5% in the 1983 elections,[ but retained its single seat.][ In ]1987
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its vote share fell to just 0.3% and it lost its only seat.[Nohlen & Stöver, p1951][ The party was subsequently dissolved on 22 April 1989.][ Most of its members joined the Federal Democratic Union.]
Platform
The Republican Movement supported anti-immigrant and anti-establishment policies, as well as fundamentalist
Fundamentalism is a tendency among certain groups and individuals that is characterized by the application of a strict literal interpretation to scriptures, dogmas, or ideologies, along with a strong belief in the importance of distinguishi ...
Protestant Christian
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
views.
Affiliations
In 1972 the Republican Movement officially associated itself with the anti-immigrant Vigilance
Vigilance may refer to:
* Alertness
* Vigilance, a creature ability in the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game
* ''Vigilance'' (album), by Threat Signal
* Vigilance (behavioural ecology), the watchfulness of prey for nearby predator ...
, which was founded in 1964 and based in the Canton of Geneva
The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva (french: link=no, République et canton de Genève; frp, Rèpublica et canton de Geneva; german: Republik und Kanton Genf; it, Repubblica e Cantone di Ginevra; rm, Republica e ...
. They presented themselves as an electoral alliance three years later.
References
Bibliography
* {{cite book , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wP7-a7NC0mkC, title=The radical right in Switzerland: continuity and change, 1945-2000 , first=Damir , last=Skenderovic , year=2009 , publisher=Berghahn Books , isbn=978-1-84545-580-4
Political parties established in 1971
Political parties disestablished in 1989
1971 establishments in Switzerland
1989 disestablishments in Switzerland
Defunct political parties in Switzerland