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The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (German: Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz, French: Parti Evangelique Suisse, Italian: Partito Evangelico Svizzero) is a political party from Switzerland. It is Protestant Christian party which is centre left on social issues and centre right on ethical issues. On the environment it claims "The EPP is dedicated to protecting the environment out of a sense of responsibility for the Creation." A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... The term Christian means belonging to Christ and is derived from the Greek noun Χριστός Khristós which means anointed one, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word Moshiach (Hebrew: משיח, also written Messiah), (and in Arabic it is pronounced Maseeh مسيح). ...
It was founded in 1919 as the People's Party. 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
External links
Party website (http://www.evppev.ch/) - in German
English version of introductory page (http://www.evppev.ch/info/portrait_englisch.htm)
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