Party Name: | Social Liberal Movement |
Party Logo: | Sozial Liberale Bewegung Logo.png |
German Name: | Sozial-Liberale Bewegung |
French Name: | Mouvement socio-libéral |
Italian Name: | Movimento social-liberale |
President: | Samuel Schmid |
Foundation: | 23 April 2011 |
Headquarters: | Balderstrasse 13 3007 Berne |
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Country: | Switzerland |
Ideology: | Social conservatism |
Colours: | Orange |
The Social Liberal Movement (SLM; German: Sozial-Liberale Bewegung, French: Mouvement socio-libéral, Italian: Movimento social-liberale) is a social conservative party in Switzerland.
The SLM was founded on 23 April 2011 by Samuel Schmid,[1] a member of the Grand Council of Aargau originally elected from the right-wing 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.
The SLM has branches in Aargau, Bern and Zurich, and claims hundreds of members.[2] It won no seats in the 2011 federal election, but 0.5% of the vote in Aargau and 0.3% of the vote in Bern.