Back Střed (politická strana) Czech Die Mitte German El Centro (partido político) Spanish Sveitsin keskusta Finnish Le Centre (Suisse) French Centar (Švicarska) Croatian Alleanza del Centro Italian Het Centrum (Zwitserland) Dutch The Centre (political party) SIMPLE Qendra (parti politike) Albanian
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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 | 40 / 154 |
| Cantonal legislatures | 425 / 2,544 |
| Website | |
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The Centre (German: Die Mitte; French: Le Centre; Italian: il Centro; Romansh: il Center) is a centre to 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 29 of 200 seats in the National Council and 15 of 46 seats in the Council of States. Viola Amherd is the party's representative on the Federal Council and served as the President of the Swiss Confederation in 2024.
- ^ "Jahr der Weichenstellungen – für die Schweiz und "Die Mitte"". Konrad Adenauer Foundation. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Switzerland". Europe Elects. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ Europe Elects [@EuropeElects] (2 January 2021). "Switzerland: Yesterday, CVP (EPP) and BDP (*) merged" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022 – via Twitter.