Geneva Citizens' Movement

Geneva Citizens' Movement Mouvement citoyens genevois
Leader	Éric Stauffer
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Rue des Grand-Portes 1, Onex
Ideology	Populism
Political position	Right-wing
International affiliation	None
European affiliation	None
Official colours	Yellow and red
Grand Council of Geneva	17 / 100
Website
www.mcge.ch/
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The Geneva Citizens' Movement (French: Mouvement citoyens genevois), abbreviated to MCG, is a populist^[1] political party in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.

Founded in 2005 by Éric Stauffer, the MCG established itself as the canton's second most powerful political party in the 2009 legislative election, winning 17 out of 100 seats in the Grand Council of Geneva.^[1]

The MCG calls itself neither left- nor right-wing,^[1] but is often referred to as right-wing or far-right by political opponents and the media.^[2] It campaigns on a platform of opposition to established party politics ("classe politique")^[1] and to the 65,000 cross-border commuters from France,^[2] calling for the priority allocation of jobs to Swiss citizens.^[3]

In the federal election of October 2011, the MCG won one of Geneva's eleven seats in the National Council, with Mauro Poggia (b. 1959), formerly of the Christian Democrats and also the Italian Union of Christian and Centre Democrats.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Les populistes brillent aux élections genevoises" (in French). Swissinfo. 11 October 2009. http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/24_heures_en_suisse/Les_populistes_brillent_aux_elections_genevoises.html?siteSect=104&sid=11337226. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Troubnikoff, Alexandra. "Suisse: la droite dure franchit la "ligne rouge" contre les voisins français" (in French). Agence France-Presse. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jAziSnV45OIObm4r4f5F2sqvZaXA. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
3. ^ "Grand Conseil genevois: la déferlante MCG" (in French). Télévision Suisse Romande. 11 October 2009. http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=200001&sid=11336613. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 

External links

• Geneva Citizens' Movement official website

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