page_title: Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
hierarchical_section_title: Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
caption_attribution_description: English: Geographical overview on the votes share of the Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland in the districts. Deutsch: Geografische Übersicht über die Wahlanteile der Evangelischen Volkspartei in den Bezirken.
context_page_description: The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland is a Protestant Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland, active mainly in the Cantons of Bern, Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt, Aargau and Zürich. "Evangelical" translates as evangelisch, the German term for "Protestant", as opposed to "evangelical" as used in Anglo-Saxon Christianity.
  The EVP is conservative on euthanasia, abortion, registered partnerships and other typically Christian issues, centrist on economic issues and stands rather centre-left on issues of wealth redistribution, education, environmentalism and immigration. Among other things, it claims to be "dedicated to protecting the environment out of a sense of responsibility for Creation" and states that "the ethical values of the Bible should be the foundation of society."
  The EVP is a member of the European Christian Political Movement and was previously an observer member of the European People's Party until 2008. In the Federal Assembly of Switzerland the EVP forms a joint group along with the Christian Democratic People's Party and the Christian Social Party of Obwalden.
context_section_description: The Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (German: Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz, French: Parti évangelique suisse, Italian: Partito Evangelico Svizzero, Romansh: Partida evangelica da la Svizra) is a Protestant Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland, active mainly in the Cantons of Bern, Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt, Aargau and Zürich. "Evangelical" translates as evangelisch, the German term for "Protestant", as opposed to "evangelical" as used in Anglo-Saxon Christianity.
  The EVP is conservative on euthanasia, abortion, registered partnerships and other typically Christian issues, centrist on economic issues and stands rather centre-left on issues of wealth redistribution, education, environmentalism and immigration. Among other things, it claims to be "dedicated to protecting the environment out of a sense of responsibility for  Creation" and states that "the ethical values of the Bible should be the foundation of society."
  The EVP is a member of the European Christian Political Movement (EPCM) and was previously an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP) until 2008. In the Federal Assembly of Switzerland the EVP forms a joint group along with the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) and the Christian Social Party of Obwalden (CSP OW).
caption: EVP at district level, 2011
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