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{{short description|Swiss political party}}
{{Distinguish|text= the [[Christian Social Party of Obwalden]], which is affiliated with the [[Christian Democratic People's Party (Switzerland)|Christian Democratic People's Party]]}}
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{{Infobox Swiss political party
| party_name         = Christian Social Party
| party_logo         = [[File:Christian Social Party (Switzerland) logo DE.svg|300px]]
| party_wikicolourid = CSP
| german_name        = Christlich-soziale Partei (CSP)
| french_name        = Parti chrétien-social (PCS)
| italian_name       = Partito Cristiano Sociale (PCS)
| romansh_name       = Partida cristiansociala de la Svizra (PCS)
| president          = [[Marius Achermann]]
| council_members    = ''None''
| split              = [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland]]
| foundation         = 21 June 1997
| headquarters       = Eichenstrasse 79<br>3184 Wünnewil
| membership         = 1,500<ref>{{cite book|title=Der Bund kurz erklärt|year=2011|publisher=Swiss Confederation|page=21|url=http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=de&download=M3wBPgDB_8ull6Du36WenojQ1NTTjaXZnqWfVpzLhmfhnapmmc7Zi6rZnqCkkIZ5gH97bKbXrZ6lhuDZz8mMps2gpKfo|language=de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124052237/http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=de&download=M3wBPgDB_8ull6Du36WenojQ1NTTjaXZnqWfVpzLhmfhnapmmc7Zi6rZnqCkkIZ5gH97bKbXrZ6lhuDZz8mMps2gpKfo|archive-date=2012-01-24}}</ref>
| membership_year    = 2011
| ideology           = [[Christian left]]<br>[[Social democracy]]<br>[[Environmentalism]]
| position           = [[Centre-left]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Nordsieck|first=Wolfram|title=Parties and Elections in Europe: Parliamentary Elections and Governments since 1945, European Parliament Elections, Political Orientation and History of Parties|date=5 June 2019|edition=3|isbn=978-3-7322-9250-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1aGbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA549|page=549|publisher=Books on Demand }}</ref>
| european           =
| international      =
| colours            = [[Turquoise (color)|Turquoise]]
| national_council   = {{Composition bar|0|200|hex=#007B95}}
| council_of_states  = {{Composition bar|0|46|hex=#007B95}}
| cantonexecs        = {{Composition bar|1|154|hex=#007B95}}
| cantons            = {{Composition bar|15|2609|hex=#007B95}}
| website            = {{URL|http://www.csp-pcs.ch/csp/index.php|csp-pcs.ch}}
}}
[[File:Christian Social Party (Switzerland) logo.jpg|thumb|Logo used before 2015]]
The '''Christian Social Party (CSP)''' ({{langx|de|Christlich-soziale Partei}}, {{langx|fr|Parti chrétien-social}}) is a [[list of political parties in Switzerland|political party]] in [[Switzerland]] of the [[Christian left]].<ref name="Parties">{{cite web|first=Wolfram|last=Nordsieck|url=http://parties-and-elections.eu/switzerland.html|title=Parties and Elections in Europe|website=Parties and Elections in Europe|year=2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330115827/http://parties-and-elections.eu/switzerland.html|archive-date=30 March 2012|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref> The CSP is more aligned with [[social democracy]] than the other major [[Christianity and politics|Christian party]], the [[Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland]] (CVP), which is more [[Economic liberalism|economically liberal]]. With the moderate [[Christian left]] as its background, the CSP commits itself to social-democratic<ref name="Parties"/> and [[Environmentalism|environmentalist]]<ref name="Parties"/> political solutions. The core principles of the CSP contain, among others, "solidarity with the socially and economically disadvantaged and the preservation of the environment."{{Cite quote|date=December 2016}}
== Electoral power==
As of 2016, the CSP does not hold any seats in the [[National Council of Switzerland]].
A seat in the lower house was once held for decades by [[Hugo Fasel]] representing the canton of [[Fribourg]].
On a cantonal level, the CSP has many elected members, mainly in the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Cantons of Switzerland|cantons]] of [[Valais]], [[Fribourg (canton)|Fribourg]], [[Obwalden]] and [[Canton of Jura|Jura]]. In the latter, the CSP had until late 2010 one elected member in the Executive body, the [[Conseil d'Etat (Switzerland)|Conseil d'Etat]] of the [[Canton of Jura|Republic of Jura]] (where it operates as the ''Independent Christian Social Party'').
== Positions ==
==See also==
* [[Christian left]]
== References ==
<references />
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041228070850/http://swisspolitics.org/en/wissen/index.php?page=parteien_inhalt&politiker_partei_id=3 Christian Social Party at swisspolitics.org]
*{{Parliament.ch|76|Hugo Fasel, CSP member of parliament|language=German}}
* [http://www.csp-pcs.ch/csp/index.php?lang=de Home page (in German)]; [http://www.csp-pcs.ch/csp/index.php?id=1&lang=fr (in French)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041214041517/http://www.cskartell.ch/html/leitbil.htm Umbrella organization including Freiburg chapter of the party (in German)]
* [https://pcsi.ch/ CSP Jura (in French)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041212050035/http://www.csp-naefels.ch/ CSP Näfels (in German)]
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