Swiss Nationalist Party

The Swiss Nationalist Party (German: Partei National Orientierter Schweizer, abbreviated to PNOS; French: Parti nationaliste suisse, abbreviated to PNS) is a far-right völkisch political party in Switzerland founded in 2000. It was classified as "extremist" by the Swiss federal police in 2001.^[1]

The party's course was initially imitating that of the 1930s National Front with a clearly National Socialist ideology (dubbed "eidgenössisch-sozialistisch" by the PNOS) but has since been "modernized" in accordance with the vocabulary of Germany's Neue Rechte.

The party is not represented in any cantonal parliament. Its activities are mostly confined to the Swiss German speaking parts of the western Swiss plateau. It has one representative in the municipal parliament of Langenthal, canton of Berne (population 14,300), elected in 2004. In 2005, another member was elected to the municipal executive council of Günsberg, canton of Solothurn (population 1,100).

They participated in the federal elections of 2011 in the canton of Berne, gathering 0.3% of the popular vote (1,066 votes), less than a tenth of the votes required to win a seat in parliament. They also participated in Vaud, gathering a total of 132 votes (less than the 50th part of the votes required to win a seat).

References

↑ (German) Domestic Security Report of Switzerland by the Federal Office of Police, 2008

External links

(German) (French) Party website
(French) Party website for the French-speaking part of Switzerland

Political parties in Switzerland

National Council
(200 seats)

Federal Council	Swiss People's Party (65) Social Democratic Party (43) FDP.The Liberals (33) Christian Democratic People's Party (27)

Opposition	Green Party (11) Green Liberal Party (7) Conservative Democratic Party (7) Evangelical People's Party (2) Ticino League (2) Swiss Party of Labour (1) Geneva Citizens' Movement (1) Christian Social Party Obwalden (1)

Council of States
(46 seats)

Federal Council	Christian Democratic People's Party (13) FDP.The Liberals (13) Social Democratic Party (12) Swiss People's Party (5)

Opposition	Green Party (1) Conservative Democratic Party (1) Independent (1) Green Liberal Party (0) Evangelical People's Party (0) Ticino League (0) Christian Social Party (0) Geneva Citizens' Movement (0) Swiss Party of Labour (0)

Other parties

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List of ruling political parties by country

The far right in Switzerland

Defunct far right organizations	Eidgenössische Sammlung National Front National Movement of Switzerland Schweizerischer Vaterländischer Verband Union Nationale Volkspartei der Schweiz

Active far right organizations	Freedom Party Swiss Democrats Swiss Nationalist Party

Historical far right people	Eugen Bircher (d. 1956) Franz Burri (d. 1987) Arthur Fonjallaz (d. 1944) François Genoud (d. 1996) Wilhelm Gustloff (d. 1936) Rolf Henne (d. 1966) Ahmed Huber (d. 2008) Ernst Leonhardt (d. 1945) Hans Oehler (d. 1967) Georges Oltramare (d. 1960) Jakob Schaffner (d. 1944) James Schwarzenbach (d. 1994) Emil Sonderegger (d. 1934) Robert Tobler (d. 1962)

Living far right people	Gaston-Armand Amaudruz Bernhard Schaub Eric Weber

Related topics	AUNS Berne Trial Immigrant criminality New European Order Right-wing populism Überfremdung

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