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President | Gerhard Pfister |
Members in Federal Council | Viola Amherd |
Founded | 1 January 2021 |
Merger of | CVP BDP |
Youth wing | Young Centre / Centre Youth German: Die Junge Mitte French: Jeunes du Centre Italian: Giovani del Centro Romansh: Il Giuven Center |
Ideology | Christian democracy[1] |
Political position | Centre to centre-right |
European affiliation | European People's Party (associate) |
Colours | Orange |
Slogan | Freedom. Solidarity. Responsibility. |
Federal Council | 1 / 7 |
National Council | 29 / 200 |
Council of States | 15 / 46 |
Cantonal executives | 44 / 154 |
Cantonal legislatures | 501 / 2,609 |
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The Centre (German: Die Mitte; French: Le Centre; Italian: il Centro; Romansh: il Center) is a centre-right[2] political party in Switzerland. It was formed through the merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP/PDC) and the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD). Following the formal merger of the parties on 1 January 2021,[3] it has 28 of 200 seats in the National Council and 13 of 46 seats in the Council of States. Viola Amherd is the party's representative on the Federal Council.