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59-399: Corseaux is first mentioned in 1179 as de Corsal . Corseaux has an area, as of 2009, of 1.1 square kilometers (0.42 sq mi). Of this area, 0.23 km (0.089 sq mi) or 21.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0 km (0 sq mi) or 0.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.83 km (0.32 sq mi) or 78.3% is settled (buildings or roads). Of

118-466: A conservative society. It opposes the public financing of maternity leave and nursery schools . In its education policy, it opposes tendencies to shift the responsibility of the upbringing of children from families to public institutions. The party claims an excessive influence of anti-authoritarian ideas originating from the protests of 1968 . In general, the party supports strengthening crime prevention measures against social crimes and, especially in

177-492: A loss of prosperity in Switzerland due to immigrants. According to the opinion of the party, such benefits amount to waste of taxpayers' money. Numerous SVP members have shown themselves to be critical of Islam by having participated in the minaret controversy , during which they pushed for an initiative to ban the construction of minarets. In November 2009, this ban won the majority vote (57.5%) and became an amendment to

236-557: A private car. From the 2000 census, 680 or 32.7% were Roman Catholic , while 999 or 48.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church . Of the rest of the population, there were 18 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.87% of the population), there were 3 individuals (or about 0.14% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church , and there were 108 individuals (or about 5.19% of

295-542: A rate of 4.9% due to migration and at a rate of -5.1% due to births and deaths. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (1,756 or 84.5%) as their first language, with German being second most common (154 or 7.4%) and English being third (56 or 2.7%). There are 37 people who speak Italian . The age distribution, as of 2009, in Corseaux is; 189 children or 9.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 216 teenagers or 10.3% are between 10 and 19. Of

354-438: A total of 445 inhabited buildings. There were 192 multi-family buildings (43.1%), along with 37 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.3%) and 14 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.1%). In 2000, a total of 911 apartments (88.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 82 apartments (8.0%) were seasonally occupied and 32 apartments (3.1%) were empty. As of 2009,

413-674: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Swiss People%27s Party The Swiss People's Party ( German : Schweizerische Volkspartei , SVP ; Romansh : Partida populara Svizra , PPS ), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre ( French : Union démocratique du centre , UDC ; Italian : Unione Democratica di Centro , UDC ), is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland . Chaired by Marcel Dettling , it

472-786: Is the largest party in the Federal Assembly , with 62 members of the National Council and 6 of the Council of States . The SVP originated in 1971 as a merger of the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB) and the Democratic Party , while the BGB, in turn, had been founded in the context of the emerging local farmers' parties in the late 1910s. The SVP initially did not enjoy any increased support beyond that of

531-576: The 2007 federal election was the highest vote ever recorded for a single party in Switzerland until 2015 , when it surpassed its own record with 29.4%. Blocher's failure to win re-election as a Federal Councillor led to moderates within the party splitting to form the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP), which later merged with the Christian Democratic People's Party into The Centre . As of 2024 ,

590-611: The Swiss Armed Forces as the institution responsible for national defense. They believe that the army should remain a militia force and should never become involved in interventions abroad. In June and July 2010, the party used the silly season for floating the notion of a "Greater Switzerland" , where instead of Switzerland joining the EU, the border regions of Switzerland's neighbours would join Switzerland, submitted in July in

649-521: The judiciary on politics. According to the SVP, this influence, especially through international law , increasingly puts the Swiss direct democracy in question. Public law which is legitimate by direct democracy standards should be agreed upon by the federal court. The European law, which according to the SVP is not democratically legitimate, shall always be subordinate to the Swiss law. The SVP also criticises

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708-459: The secondary sector and there were 13 businesses in this sector. 285 people were employed in the tertiary sector , with 58 businesses in this sector. There were 927 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.1% of the workforce. In 2008 the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 347. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 24, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in

767-539: The 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 168 students in the Corseaux school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 817 children of which 456 children (55.8%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 93 students in

826-704: The BGB contributed to the establishment of the characteristic Swiss post-war consensual politics, social agreements and economic growth policies. The party continued to be a reliable political partner with the Swiss Conservative People's Party and the Free Democratic Party. In 1971, the BGB changed its name to the Swiss People's Party (SVP) after it merged with the Democratic Party from Glarus and Grisons . The Democratic Party had been supported particularly by workers, and

885-478: The BGB, retaining around 11% of the vote through the 1970s and 1980s. This changed however during the 1990s, when the party underwent deep structural and ideological changes under the influence of Christoph Blocher ; the SVP then became the strongest party in Switzerland by the 2000s. In line with the changes fostered by Blocher, the party started to focus increasingly on issues such as Euroscepticism and opposition to mass immigration . Its vote share of 28.9% in

944-522: The Bilateral I agreements with the EU which include provisions on the reduction of trade barriers as well as barriers in agriculture, land transport and civil aviation. Swiss voters rejected the referendum with 61.7% against. Only four cantons voted in favor. The SVP supports supply-side economics . It is a proponent of lower taxes and government spending. The SVP is not as liberal in terms of its agricultural policy since, in consideration of it being

1003-588: The Federal Council. In 1936, a representative party was founded on the national level, called the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB). During the 1930s, the BGB entered the mainstream of Swiss politics as a right-wing conservative party in the bourgeois bloc. While the party opposed any kind of socialist ideas such as internationalism and anti-militarism , it sought to represent local Swiss traders and farmers against big business and international capital. The BGB contributed strongly to

1062-468: The Free Movement of Persons bilateral agreement within one year of passage. It would also bar the government from concluding any agreements that would grant the free movement of people to foreign nationals. The initiative was opposed by the other major parties in Switzerland. Other parties were concerned that because of the "guillotine clause" in the bilateral agreements, this would terminate all of

1121-757: The Modern Movement . The second are the vineyards near the village which are part of the Lavaux Vineyard Terraces. Both sites are also listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance . In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 20.31% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (19.51%), the SP (14.36%) and the LPS Party (13.75%). In

1180-536: The SVP as the strongest party in Switzerland with 28.9% of the vote and 62 seats in the National Council, the largest share of the vote for any single party ever in Switzerland. However, the Federal Council refused to re-elect Blocher, who was replaced by Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf of the moderate Graubünden branch. In response, the national SVP withdrew its support from Widmer-Schlumpf and its other Federal Councillor, fellow SVP moderate Samuel Schmid , from

1239-463: The SVP has gained a reputation as a party that maintains a hard-line stance. In its foreign policy the SVP opposes the growing involvement of Switzerland in intergovernmental and especially supranational organisations , including the UN , EEA , EU , Schengen and Dublin treaties, and closer ties with NATO . The party stands for a strict neutrality of the country and the preservation of the strong role of

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1298-450: The SVP opposes governmental measures for environmental protection . In its transportation policy, the party therefore endorses the expansion of the Swiss motorway network and is against the preference of public transportation over individual transportation. It supports the construction of megaprojects such as AlpTransit but criticizes the cost increases and demands more transparency. In

1357-476: The SVP sought to expand its electoral base towards these, as the traditional BGB base in the rural population had started to lose its importance in the post-war era. As the Democratic Party had represented centrist , social-liberal positions, the course of the SVP shifted towards the political centre following internal debates. The new party however continued to see its level of support at around 11%,

1416-500: The SVP to expel it from the party. Shortly afterward, the Grisons branch reorganised itself as the Conservative Democratic Party (BDP). Soon afterward, virtually all of the SVP's Bern branch, including Schmid, defected to the new party. The SVP regained its position in government in late 2008, when Schmid was forced to resign due to a political scandal, and was replaced with Ueli Maurer . The 2011 federal election put an end to

1475-570: The Swiss Constitution. However, the four existing minarets are not affected by the new legislation. The party has been active in the counter-jihad movement, participating in the 2010 international counter-jihad conference. Other recent victories of the SVP in regards to immigration policy include the federal popular initiatives " for the expulsion of criminal foreigners " (52.3%), and " Against mass immigration " (50.3%) in 2010 and 2014 respectively, all injecting counter-jihad policies into

1534-486: The Zürich branch was also reinforced, and the rhetoric hardened, which resulted in the best election result for the Zürich branch in fifty years in the 1979 federal election , with an increase from 11.3% to 14.5%. This was contrasted with the stable level in the other cantons, although the support also stagnated in Zürich through the 1980s. The struggle between the SVP's largest branches of Bern and Zürich continued into

1593-560: The adult population, 192 people or 9.2% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 230 people or 11.0% are between 30 and 39, 317 people or 15.2% are between 40 and 49, and 292 people or 14.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 302 people or 14.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 193 people or 9.2% are between 70 and 79, there are 129 people or 6.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 28 people or 1.3% who are 90 and older. As of 2000, there were 714 people who were single and never married in

1652-479: The built up area, housing and buildings made up 51.9% and transportation infrastructure made up 22.6%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.9%. Out of the forested land, all of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 0.0% is used for growing crops, while 20.8% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality was part of the Vevey District until it

1711-410: The construction rate of new housing units was 6.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.72%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Portions of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites are found in Corseaux. The newest is Le Corbusier 's Villa Le Lac which is part of The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to

1770-458: The continuous progression of the SVP since 1987. The party drew 26.6% percent of the vote, a 2.3-point decrease from the previous elections in 2007. This loss could be partly attributed to the split of the BDP, which gained 5.4% of the vote in 2011. However the SVP rebounded strongly in the 2015 federal election , gathering a record 29.4% of the national vote and 65 seats in parliament. Media attributed

1829-563: The early 1990s. While the Bern-oriented faction represented the old moderate style, the Zürich-oriented wing led by Christoph Blocher represented a new radical right-wing populist agenda. The Zürich wing began to politicise asylum issues, and the question of European integration started to dominate Swiss political debates. They also adopted more confrontational methods. The Zürich wing subsequently started to gain ground in

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1888-480: The entire history of the Swiss proportional electoral system, which was introduced in 1919. As a result of the remarkable increase in the SVP's popularity, the party gained a second ministerial position in the Federal Council in 2003, which was taken by Christoph Blocher . Before this, the only SVP Federal Councillor had always been from the moderate Bern wing. The 2007 federal election still confirmed

1947-572: The establishment of the Swiss national ideology known as the Geistige Landesverteidigung (Spiritual Defence of the Nation), which was largely responsible for the growing Swiss sociocultural and political cohesion from the 1930s. In the party's fight against left-wing ideologies, sections of party officials and farmers voiced sympathy with, or failed to distance themselves from, emerging fascist movements. After World War II ,

2006-437: The federal election, a total of 689 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.3%. The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Azure, a Heart Gules above two Mullets (of five) Or above a Crescent of the last. As of  2010, Corseaux had an unemployment rate of 3.3%. As of 2008, there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 72 people were employed in

2065-410: The form of a motion to the Federal Council by Dominique Baettig , signed by 26 SVP Councillors. Some, such as newspaper Die Welt , have also speculated that the initiative could be a response to the suggestion by Muammar al-Gaddafi to dissolve Switzerland and divide its territory among its neighbouring countries . Another key concern of the SVP is what it alleges is an increasing influence of

2124-428: The judiciary as undemocratic because the courts have made decisions against the will of the majority. In its immigration policy, the party commits itself to make asylum laws stricter and to reduce immigration. The SVP warns of immigration into the social welfare system and criticises the high proportion of foreigners among the public insurance benefit recipients and other social welfare programs. It addresses fears of

2183-493: The most popular party among farmers, it refuses to reduce agricultural subsidies or curtail the current system of direct payments to farmers, to ensure larger farming businesses do not dominate the marketplace. The expansion of the Schengen Area eastward was looked at skeptically by the SVP, which it associated with economic immigration and higher crime rates. In terms of the environment, transportation and energy policy

2242-500: The municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 74 students in those schools. There was also 1 student who was home schooled or attended another non-traditional school. As of 2000, there were 76 students in Corseaux who came from another municipality, while 185 residents attended schools outside the municipality. [REDACTED] Media related to Corseaux at Wikimedia Commons Vevey District Vevey District

2301-504: The municipality. There were 1,077 married individuals, 151 widows or widowers and 137 individuals who are divorced. As of 2000, there were 925 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 308 households that consist of only one person and 36 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 930 households that answered this question, 33.1% were households made up of just one person and there were 4 adults who lived with their parents. Of

2360-507: The party at the expense of the Bern wing, and the party became increasingly centralised as a national party, in contrast to the traditional Swiss system of parties with loose organisational structures and weak central powers. During the 1990s, the party also doubled its number of cantonal branches (to eventually be represented in all cantons), which strengthened the power of the Zürich wing, since most new sections supported their agenda. In 1991,

2419-407: The party for the first time became the strongest party in Zürich, with 20.2% of the vote. The party broke through in the early 1990s in both Zürich and Switzerland as a whole, and experienced dramatically increasing results in elections. From being the smallest of the four governing parties at the start of the 1990s, the party by the end of the decade emerged as the strongest party in Switzerland. At

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2478-492: The party had mainly defended the interests of industrialists and consumer circles. When proportional representation was introduced in 1919, the new farmers' parties won significant electoral support, especially in Zürich and Bern , and eventually also gained representation in parliament and government. By 1929, the coalition of farmers' parties had gained enough influence to get one of their leaders, Rudolf Minger , elected to

2537-410: The party is the largest in the National Council with 62 seats. It has six seats in the Council of States . The early origins of the SVP go back to the late 1910s, when numerous cantonal farmers' parties were founded in agrarian , Protestant , German-speaking parts of Switzerland. While the Free Democratic Party had earlier been a popular party for farmers, this changed during World War I when

2596-477: The party's election gains. The SVP adheres to national conservatism , aiming at the preservation of Switzerland's political sovereignty and a conservative society. Furthermore, the party promotes the principle of individual responsibility and is skeptical toward any expansion of governmental services. This stance is most evident in the rejection of an accession of Switzerland to the European Union ,

2655-482: The party, along with Widmer-Schlumpf's whole cantonal section. The SVP thus formed the first opposition group in Switzerland since the 1950s. In 2008, the SVP demanded that Widmer-Schlumpf resign from the Federal Council and leave the party. When she refused, the SVP demanded that its Grisons branch expel her. Since Swiss parties are legally federations of cantonal parties, the federal SVP could not expel her itself. The Grisons branch stood by Widmer-Schlumpf, leading

2714-517: The political line of the Zürich SVP, bringing an end to debates that aimed to open the party up to a wide array of opinions. Blocher soon consolidated his power in Zürich, and began to renew the organisational structures, activities, campaigning style and political agenda of the local branch. The young members of the party was boosted with the establishment of a cantonal Young SVP (JSVP) in 1977, as well as political training courses. The ideology of

2773-451: The political mainstream. The 2014 referendum resulted in a narrow victory for the SVP. Following the vote, the Swiss government entered into negotiations with the EU and, in 2016, concluded an agreement that would provide for preferences for Swiss citizens in hiring. The SVP criticized the agreement as weak. In response, in 2020, the party placed the ballot a referendum called the "For Moderate Immigration" initiative, which would terminate

2832-417: The population) did not answer the question. In Corseaux about 823 or (39.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education , and 495 or (23.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule ). Of the 495 who completed tertiary schooling, 55.6% were Swiss men, 26.5% were Swiss women, 11.7% were non-Swiss men and 6.3% were non-Swiss women. In

2891-426: The population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 5 individuals (or about 0.24% of the population) who were Jewish , and 23 (or about 1.11% of the population) who were Islamic . There were 2 individuals who were Buddhist and 2 individuals who belonged to another church. 268 (or about 12.89% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist , and 18 individuals (or about 0.87% of

2950-470: The rejection of military involvement abroad, and the rejection of increases in government spending on social welfare and education. The SVP "does not reject either democracy or the liberal order," and the terms "right-wing populist" or "far-right" are rarely used to describe it in Switzerland. The emphasis of the party's policies lies in foreign policy, immigration and homeland security policy as well as tax and social welfare policy. Among political opponents,

3009-399: The rest of the households, there are 317 married couples without children, 244 married couples with children There were 40 single parents with a child or children. There were 12 households that were made up of unrelated people and 5 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. In 2000 there were 202 single family homes (or 45.4% of the total) out of

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3068-528: The rise to concerns over the European migrant crisis . The party received the highest proportion of votes of any Swiss political party since 1919, when proportional representation was first introduced, and it received more seats in the National Council than any other political party since 1963, when the number of seats was set at 200. The SVP gained a second member in the Federal Council again, with Guy Parmelin replacing Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf after

3127-445: The same as the former BGB throughout the post-war era. Internal debates continued, and the 1980s saw growing conflicts between the Bern and Zürich cantonal branches, where the former branch represented the centrist faction, and the latter looked to put new issues on the political agenda. When the young entrepreneur Christoph Blocher was elected president of the Zürich SVP in 1977, he declared his intent to oversee significant change in

3186-409: The same time, the party expanded its electoral base towards new voter demographics. The SVP in general won its best results in cantons where the cantonal branches adopted the agenda of the Zürich wing. In the 1999 federal election , the SVP for the first time became the strongest party in Switzerland with 22.5% of the vote, a 12.6% share increase. This was the biggest increase of votes for any party in

3245-417: The scope of environmentalism and energy policy, the SVP is against the carbon tax and supports the use of nuclear energy . In the context of reductions of CO 2 emissions, the SVP cites the limited impact of Switzerland and instead supports globally, and legally binding agreements to address global climate change . In social welfare policy the SVP rejects expansion of the welfare state , and stands for

3304-407: The secondary sector was 67 of which 42 or (62.7%) were in manufacturing and 25 (37.3%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 256. In the tertiary sector; 82 or 32.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 1.2% were in the movement and storage of goods, 22 or 8.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 23 or 9.0% were in the information industry, 1

3363-416: Was a district in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . The seat of the district was the city of Vevey . It has been dissolved on 1 January 2008 and merged into the new Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district. The following municipalities were located in the district at its dissolution: 46°28′N 6°51′E  /  46.467°N 6.850°E  / 46.467; 6.850 This Vaud location article

3422-416: Was dissolved on 31 August 2006, and Corseaux became part of the new district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut. The municipality is located on Lake Geneva in the foothills of Mont-Pèlerin. Corseaux has a population (as of December 2020) of 2,315. As of 2008, 22.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of -0.2%. It has changed at

3481-468: Was the insurance or financial industry, 28 or 10.9% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education and 55 or 21.5% were in health care. In 2000, there were 275 workers who commuted into the municipality and 776 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 16.4% used public transportation to get to work, and 66.3% used

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