The Centre (political party)

The Centre Die Mitte (German) Le Centre (French) il Centro (Italian) il Center (Romansh)
President	Gerhard Pfister
Members in Federal Council	Martin Pfister
Founded	1 January 2021 (2021-01-01)
Merger of	Christian Democratic People's Party Conservative Democratic Party
Youth wing	Young Centre / Centre Youth German: Die Junge Mitte French: Jeunes du Centre Italian: Giovani del Centro Romansh: Il Giuven Center
Ideology	Christian democracy[1]
Political position	Centre to centre-right
European affiliation	European People's Party (associate)
Colours	Orange
Slogan	Freedom. Solidarity. Responsibility.
Federal Council	1 / 7
National Council	29 / 200
Council of States	15 / 46
Cantonal executives	40 / 154
Cantonal legislatures	425 / 2,544
Website
die-mitte.ch (German) le-centre.ch (French)
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The Centre (German: Die Mitte; French: Le Centre; Italian: il Centro; Romansh: il Center) is a centre to centre-right^[2] political party in Switzerland. It was formed through the merger of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (CVP/PDC) and the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP/PBD). Following the formal merger of the parties on 1 January 2021,^[3] it has 29 of 200 seats in the National Council and 15 of 46 seats in the Council of States. Martin Pfister is the party's representative on the Federal Council.