The biggest successes and the most bitter failures of Levrat

The are Levrats greatest triumphs

The USR III gebodigt

It is a slap in the face for the Civil: 60 percent of Switzerland was the Swiss voted in February 2017 against the corporate tax reform III, The SP and other left parties had prevented with a Referendum that international companies have to pay less taxes. the Christian Levrat appreciated the victory in the Swiss television as a sign against the "power rush" and the "self-service mentality" of the bourgeois majority in Parliament. Old Federal councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, had interfered in the referendum campaign and is critical to the USR III expressed. She was a Federal councillor, called Levrat in Interviews himself as one of his biggest political successes. He has not scored him yet in the role of party President.

for more than a decade

All twelve years was a Christian Levrat, President of the social Democrats – much longer than his predecessor Hans-Jürg Fehr (four years), Christiane Brunner (four years), Ursula Koch (three years) and Peter Bodenmann (seven years). The trade unions and the liberal wing of the confirmed Christian Levrat again and again. "You, the SP have marked twelve years, they held together and at the same time renewed," tweeted the national Council Fabian Molina, after Levrats resignation was known. Even longer at the top of the SP only Helmut Hubacher was in the recent time. He stood in front of the Enjoyed for sixteen years. Here you can read the large terms-Ranking, the Swiss party President.

theme

Long was not able to SP and your party, to find themes for popular initiatives, with which you could win at the ballot box majorities: the introduction of an inheritance tax was rejected, as well as a higher AHV, fairer wages (1:12 Initiative), as well as measures against food speculation. Now the party seems to have found a theme that attracts: health insurance premiums. Several cantons, in the sectors with subsidized Premiums, will change their practice after the SP has sued in Federal court. In addition, they can collect enough signatures for their premium relief initiative, according to the no budget, about 10 percent of their income for health insurance premiums will need to spend.

The lost of his most bitter defeats

voters share

The biggest Flop Levrats three weeks is: In the Federal elections of 20. October, the SP scored the worst result in its history. You only achieved a vote share of 16.8 percent. In Levrats predecessor Hans-Jürg Fehr, he was in 2007, 19.5 percent. In this year's elections, the SP lost many seats to the Greens, also in the Council of States. In new castle rank Céline Vara the social Democrats a seat in the Canton of Vaud, the Green won Adèle Thorens at the expense of the SP. Apparently, the social Democrats were not on the green the last election stunner prepared. However, In the whole of Europe, the red parties are shrinking, and leave unanswered the question of whether the SP under a different President or a different President would not have lost even more voters of the shares remains. Click here to read the analysis to Levrats resignation of Fabian Renz, head of the Federal house editorial

standstill in pension

Under the leadership of Christian Levrat, it has made the SP a long time to achieve for their electorate, improvements in the pension schemes: The great reform project of the SP Federal councillor Alain Berset, retirement 2020, was rejected two years ago, at the ballot box, as well as the AHV-plus Initiative, which supported the SP. Only a year ago, succeeded the social Democrats in the framework of the AHV-control-template, the successor to the submission of the corporate tax reform III, the Civil-additional financing for the AHV out.

"Overcoming of capitalism" in the party program

Against the will of Christian Levrat today in the party program of the SP, that capitalism must be overcome. In 2010, the SP discussed her new party program, the Juso under its then-President Cédric Wermuth the application, this requirement to resume. With Success.

Laughing with Levrat
cartoonist Felix Schaad has taken the assignor SP-in-chief always on the grain. These are his most beautiful drawings.

Created: 12.11.2019, 17:31 PM