Social Liberal Movement

{{short description|Swiss political party}} {{Infobox Swiss political party | party_name = Social Liberal Movement | party_logo = Sozial Liberale Bewegung Logo.png | party_wikicolourid = | german_name = Sozial-Liberale Bewegung | french_name = Mouvement socio-libéral | italian_name = Movimento social-liberale | romansh_name = | president = [[Samuel Schmid (Aargau politician)|Samuel Schmid]] | council_members = | foundation = 23 April 2011 | headquarters = Balderstrasse 13 <br /> 3007 Berne | colorcode = #EE7520 | country = Switzerland | youth_wing = | membership = | membership_year = | ideology = [[Social conservatism]]<ref name="Tagi">{{Citation |first=Daniel |last=Foppa |title=Und noch eine soziale und liberale Partei |newspaper=Tagesanzeiger |date=23 April 2011 |language=de |url=https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/Und-noch-eine-soziale-und-liberale-Partei/story/14964920 |access-date=3 Sep 2011}}</ref> | position = | european = | international = | colours = Orange | national_council = {{Composition bar|0|200|hex=#EE7520}} | council_of_states = {{Composition bar|0|46|hex=#EE7520}} | cantons = {{Composition bar|0|2609|hex=#EE7520}} | website = }} The '''Social Liberal Movement''' ('''SLM'''; {{langx|de|Sozial-Liberale Bewegung}}, {{langx|fr|Mouvement socio-libéral}}, {{langx|it|Movimento social-liberale}}) is a [[social conservatism|social conservative]]<ref name="Tagi"/> [[political party|party]] in [[Switzerland]].

The SLM was founded on 23 April 2011 by [[Samuel Schmid (Aargau politician)|Samuel Schmid]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Grossrat Samuel Schmid gründet eine neue Partei |url=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/aargau/grossrat-samuel-schimd-gruendet-eine-neue-partei-107435431 |newspaper=[[Aargauer Zeitung]] |date=23 April 2011 |access-date=26 August 2011|language=de}}</ref> a member of the [[Grand Council of Aargau]] originally elected from the right-wing [[Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland|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 of Switzerland|Social Democratic Party]].

The SLM has branches in [[Aargau]], [[Canton of Bern|Bern]] and [[Canton of Zurich|Zurich]], and claims hundreds of members.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fédérales 2011: Lumengo en lice pour le Mouvement socio-libéral |url=http://www.tdg.ch/depeches/suisse/federales-2011-lumengo-lice-mouvement-socio-liberal |newspaper=[[Tribune de Genève]] |date=16 June 2011 |access-date=26 August 2011|language=fr}}</ref> It won no seats in the [[2011 Swiss federal election|2011 federal election]], but 0.5% of the vote in Aargau and 0.3% of the vote in Bern.

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[[Category:Political parties in Switzerland]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2011]] [[Category:2011 establishments in Switzerland]]