The right wins the elections with a strong environmental decline – DW – 10/22/2023

The Swiss Central Democratic Union Party (SUD, conservative) achieved victory today, Sunday (10/22/2023), in the federal elections of that European country, obtaining 29 percent of the votes, which is one of its best historical results and above what opinion polls expected, while the Greens were more Losers, after their great rise four years ago.

With increasing populist rhetoric and favoring greater control over immigration, the CDU increased its vote share from 2019 by 3.4 points and won 61 seats in the National Council (the lower house of representatives with 200 representatives). This means an increase of eight seats in the Legislative Council compared to four years ago, according to the initial count.

The CDU has been the party with the most votes in the country since 1995, and on this occasion it campaigned against “mass immigration”, “gender dictates”, and “awakening madness”, as well as being a strong advocate of Swiss neutrality And politics. Enemies of the European Union. “The situation in Switzerland is dangerous. We have mass migration and big problems with asylum seekers. The security situation is not what it was before,” Thomas Ishi, head of the parliamentary group of the Union for Democratic Change, told AFP.

Green fall

The Swiss Socialist Party came in second place in the elections, with 17.4 percent of the votes, six tenths more than in 2019, which will add one seat in the National Council, bringing it to 40 seats. It tied for third place with 14.6 percent. Among their respective votes are the Christian Democrats of the Center Alliance and the Liberals of the Radical Liberal Party, with 30 and 29 seats respectively in the House of Representatives.

Meanwhile, the Green Party was the biggest loser. after A loud storming of Parliament In 2019, when they overtook the Christian Democrats as the fourth political force, they received just 9.2 percent of the vote on Sunday, four points less than in 2019, which would see them lose six seats and leave them with 22 seats. Their campaign focused on climate change did not achieve the results they sought.

On the other hand, the vice president’s speech appeals to the Swiss people, who remain one of the richest people in the world. The country has a very high GDP per capita and an unemployment rate of around 2%, even with labor shortage problems in some economic sectors.

DZC (EFE, AFP)