Swiss People's Party group (V) Fraktion der Schweizerischen Volkspartei Groupe de l'Union démocratique du centre Gruppo dell'Unione democratica di Centro Fracziun da la Partida populara svizra | |
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| Chamber | Swiss National Council and Council of States |
| Foundation | 22 December 1919 |
| Previous name(s) | Party of Farmers, Traders, and Bourgeois (until 1971) |
| Member parties | SVP, Lega, EDU, MCR |
| President | Thomas Aeschi |
| General secretary | Raphael Vogel |
| Representation | 62 / 246 |
| Ideology | Right-wing to far-right |
The Swiss People's Party group (German: Fraktion der Schweizerischen Volkspartei, French: Groupe de l'Union Démocratique du Centre, Italian: Gruppo dell'Unione democratica di Centro, abbreviated V) is the largest parliamentary group in the Swiss Federal Assembly. It regroups the Swiss People's Party and other minor parties or independents caucusing with them.[1]