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- Gerhard Pfister asks his party to “dare to escape.”
- That’s what the CVP president said in front of the 200 or so delegates at Baden AG.
- The “middle party” should open up to consensus-oriented voters and give them a political home.
“We travel together,” Pfister said at the delegates meeting. They have a common goal, namely to hold Switzerland together.
“We want to continue to be the political force of national relevance in the center,” said the president of the Christian Democratic People’s Party (CVP) in front of delegates who wore protective masks due to the crown pandemic: “We want all those who fundamentally share our policy to give a political home. That’s why we want to open up, that’s why we want to dare to venture out “.
There are a considerable number of Swiss who support the party’s policy but do not vote, because they are neither Catholic nor particularly religious. Potential party supporters would perceive the “C” as “ecclesiastical, religious, and Catholic.”
“The center” in sight
The party is currently in the “strategic process # CVP2025.” The smallest party in the Federal Council wants to give itself a new name. The party leadership suggests that the members change the name of the traditional party to “Die Mitte”.
The rank and file will decide in a strike vote on the renaming of CVP Switzerland. The process must “be carried out in the most transparent and fair way possible,” Pfister said. That is “not a Sunday walk”, because a lot of history is on the shoulders of the party.
