(„Swiss People’s Party“)

**character:**
national-conservative, right-wing populist

**strength:**
90,000

**Short description:**
The SVP was founded in 1971 as a merger of different Partys.
In the 1990s they changed from conservative to right-wing populist.
In the 2000s it became the strongest party in Switzerland by the 2000s.
Youth wing is the „Junge SVP“ („Young SVP“).

**Primary source:**
– Homepage: https://www.svp.ch/partei/ (German)

**Secondary source:**
– Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_People%27s_Party (SVP)