Social Democratic group (Switzerland)

Social Democratic group (S)
Sozialdemokratische fraktion
Groupe socialiste
Gruppo socialista
Fracziun Socialdemocratica
ChamberSwiss National Council and Council of States
Foundation1911
Member partiesSP/PS
PresidentRoger Nordmann
Representation
48 / 246
IdeologyCenter-left to left-wing

The Social Democratic Group (German: Sozialdemokratische fraktion, French: Groupe socialiste, Italian: Gruppo socialista, abbreviated S) is the second largest parliamentary group in the Swiss Federal Assembly. It is formed by the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland.[1]

The Social Democratic Party were represented in the National Council; they sat as part of the Social-Political group with the democrats from 1896 then formed their own parliamentary group in 1911.[2]

  1. ^ "Parliamentary groups". parlament.ch. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  2. ^ "Présidents de groupes depuis 1917" [Group presidents since 1917]. parlament.ch (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-17.