The Christian Social Party (CSP) (german: Christlich-soziale Partei, french: Parti chrétien-social) is a

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

of the

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. The CSP is more aligned with

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than the other major Christian party, the

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(CVP), which is more

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. With the moderate

as its background, the CSP commits itself to social-democratic and

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political solutions. The core principles of the CSP contain, among others, "solidarity with the socially and economically disadvantaged and the preservation of the environment."

Electoral power

As of 2016, the CSP does not hold any seats in the

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. A seat in the lower house was once held for decades by

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representing the canton of Fribourg. On a cantonal level, the CSP has many elected members, mainly in the

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cantons of

Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the 26 cantons forming the S ...

, Fribourg,

Obwalden Obwalden, also Obwald (german: Kanton Obwalden, rm, Chantun Sursilvania; french: Canton d'Obwald; it, Canton Obvaldo), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of seven municipalities and the seat of the gover ...

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'').

Orientation

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 for taxing richer people. On a societal point of view, it has more progressive views and acts in favour of

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rights, same-sex relationships and

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, which differs strongly with other common Christian political parties, which traditionally are socially conservative.

References

External links

Christian Social Party at swisspolitics.org
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Home page (in German)(in French)

* ttps://pcsi.ch/ CSP Jura (in French)
CSP Näfels (in German)
{{Authority control Catholic political parties Catholic social teaching Christian socialist organizations Political parties in Switzerland Socialist parties in Switzerland

Electoral power

Orientation

See also

References

External links