"But the SVP is different":
I hear this often, especially compared to A/fD.
But 2024 data confirm different story: programmatically, the overlaps are strikingly close.
The real difference is govt participation, not ideology.
And yet, many still label the SVP as a center-right ("bürgerlich") party
Rahel Freiburghaus
#POLITKOLUMNE: Another focus on US hyperpolarization, but what may be lesser known: Once-consociational Switzerland has the most polarized party system in Western Europe. Switzerland’s governing coalition includes four parties that are the furthest apart ideologically www.derbund.ch/parteiensyst...
