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The Centre (political party)
Swiss political party / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Centre (German: Die Mitte; French: Le Centre; Italian: Il Centro) or Alliance of the Centre (Italian: Alleanza del Centro; Romansh: Allianza dal Center) is a centrist political party in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2021 through the merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP/PDC) and the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD). The party has 28 of 200 seats in the National Council and has 13 of 46 seats in the Council of States.
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The president of the party is Gerhard Pfister. The party's representative on the Federal Council is Viola Amherd.