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Social Liberal Movement

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Social Liberal Movement
German nameSozial-Liberale Bewegung
French nameMouvement socio-libéral
Italian nameMovimento social-liberale
PresidentSamuel Schmid
Founded23 April 2011
HeadquartersBalderstrasse 13
3007 Berne
IdeologySocial conservatism[1]
ColoursOrange
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The Social Liberal Movement (SLM; German: Sozial-Liberale Bewegung, French: Mouvement socio-libéral, Italian: Movimento social-liberale) is a social conservative[1] party in Switzerland.

The SLM was founded on 23 April 2011 by Samuel Schmid,[2] a member of the Grand Council of Aargau originally elected from the right-wing Federal Democratic Union. He was joined in June by Ricardo Lumengo, a member of the National Council originally elected from the centre-left Social Democratic Party.

The SLM has branches in Aargau, Bern and Zurich, and claims hundreds of members.[3] It won no seats in the 2011 federal election, but 0.5% of the vote in Aargau and 0.3% of the vote in Bern.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Foppa, Daniel (23 April 2011), "Und noch eine soziale und liberale Partei", Tagesanzeiger (in German), retrieved 3 Sep 2011
  2. ^ "Grossrat Samuel Schmid gründet eine neue Partei". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 23 April 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Fédérales 2011: Lumengo en lice pour le Mouvement socio-libéral". Tribune de Genève (in French). 16 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.