PEV redirects here. For the Portuguese ecologist party see: Partido Ecologista "Os Verdes". For so-called "flying bishops", see Provincial episcopal visitor

Provincial episcopal visitor

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The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland is a political party

Political party

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 in Switzerland

Switzerland

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In questions of redistribution

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, education

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, environmentalism

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, immigration

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 policy, the EVP stands rather center-left. In questions of euthanasia

Euthanasia

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, abortion

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, and registered partnership and other typically Christian

Christianity

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 issues, the party is conservative

Conservatism

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. The EVP is centrist

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 on economic issues. On the environment, it claims to be "dedicated to protecting the environment out of a sense of responsibility for the Creation." "Evangelical" translates as evangelisch, the Swiss term for Protestant

Swiss Reformed Church

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, as opposed to Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism

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 as used in Anglo-Saxon Christianity.

In the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, the EVP comprises the Christian Democrats/EPP/glp Group

Christian Democrats/EPP/glp Group

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, along with the Christian Democratic People's Party

Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland

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 and Green Liberal Party

Green Liberal Party of Switzerland

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. The party is a member of the European Christian Political Movement

European Christian Political Movement

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, having been an observer of the European People's Party

European People's Party

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until 2008.

External links

• Party website - in German and French
  • English version of introductory page