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

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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

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views.

Affiliations

In 1972 the Republican Movement officially associated itself with the anti-immigrant

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, 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