Criticism of JSVP is “right-wing extremism theater” for SVP President
Published: Wednesday, Jul 31st 2024, 03:50
Updated At: Wednesday, Jul 31st 2024, 04:00
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SVP President Marcel Dettling has commented on the accusations against members of the Young SVP as "right-wing extremism theater". The head of the parent party has not yet commented on the allegations of right-wing extremism that emerged in the spring.
There was no criminal offense, Dettling said in an interview with CH Media published on Wednesday.
The media have been trying to accuse the SVP of right-wing extremism for years. However, it is a "no-go to place a democratic, liberal and civic party like the SVP in the extreme right-wing corner", said the party president. Right-wing bourgeois should not be confused with right-wing extremist.
Independent party
So far, the parent party has been reluctant to comment. The Young Party is an independent party and therefore the SVP will not interfere, said Sandra Sollberger, member of the SVP party leadership committee, to Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen in April.
The parent party did not have to intervene because of an alleged meeting between the head of strategy of the young party and the Austrian right-wing extremist Martin Sellner. This is what SVP Federal Councillor Christoph Blocher told the "Neue Zürcher Zeitung".
Speakers not known
In April, controversy arose even within the Young SVP (JSVP) because of its strategy chief Sarah Regez. According to "SonntagsBlick" on March 31, she is said to have taken part in a secret meeting with Sellner, which was also attended by members of the far-right group "Junge Tat".
According to Regez, she did not know the speakers at the event. The name Sellner was not familiar to her, she told the SonntagsZeitung newspaper at the beginning of April.
Six young parties then called on the JSVP to distance itself from right-wing extremism. The Young Green Liberals announced in June that they would end their cooperation with the JSVP.
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