{"id":523914,"date":"2024-06-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=523914"},"modified":"2025-12-13T22:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T21:42:59","slug":"geneva-green-center-liberal-alliance-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/policy\/switzerland\/geneva-green-center-liberal-alliance-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"In Geneva, a promising alliance between Le Centre and the Vert'liberals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Centre is looking to the Vert'liberals for the 2025 municipal elections in Geneva. In addition to the proximity between the two parties, this union could prove fertile insofar as each political formation complements the weaknesses of the other.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The marriage seemed obvious. And yet, the Green Liberal Party and Le Centre had not expressed their wishes for the last two elections. For the second round of elections to the Council of State in the spring of 2023, the former Christian Democratic Party preferred to join forces with the SVP and PLR to form a more electorally appealing alliance. The gamble paid off: centrist candidate Delphine Bachmann was elected thanks to the votes of the broader right. A few months later, in October 2023, Le Centre was again tempted by this alliance for the Council of States, with much less success at the ballot box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a view to the 2025 municipal elections, the centrist party is playing the proximity card by forming an alliance with the Vert'liberals in the City of Geneva. The ticket will comprise centrist administrative councillor Marie Barbey-Chappuis and Green Liberal Boris Calame. Beyond the \u00abstrong center away from polarization and dogmatism\u00bb rhetoric recited by the two parties when announcing the alliance, this marriage could be fruitful if it is a long-term one. There are several reasons for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experience and innovation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The strength of the alliance lies in the complementary nature of the two parties. The Centre has always claimed a moderate, responsible stance, far removed from show politics. This posture has made it difficult to impose its agenda in public debate, to bring forward disruptive ideas and to unite around them. The party is now the seventh largest political group in Geneva's Grand Council, with nine members. While it can rely on the experience and credibility it has inherited from its long political history, Le Centre needs a new lease of life to relaunch itself in the city at the end of the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n