= Swiss People's Party = '''Swiss People's Party''' ('''SVP''') (''Schweizerische Volkspartei'') is a [[Switzerland/PoliticalParties|political party]] in [[Switzerland/Democratization|Switzerland]]. <> ---- == History == The party was established in 1971 as a merger of several [[Switzerland/PoliticalParties|parties]]: namely the Party of Farmers, Traders and Independents (BGB), and the Democratic Party. They rose as an alternative to the much older [[Switzerland/PoliticalParties|CVP]]. ---- CategoryRicottone