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Abstract
The Greens made spectacular gains in the 2019 Swiss federal elections. In a campaign that was dominated by the climate change issue, the party outperformed the Christian Democrats to become the fourth largest party in the lower house. This status enabled the Greens to legitimately request a seat in government (the Federal Council). However, their attempt to unseat a member of the Liberals failed due to the resistance of the right-wing parties. It thus turned out that the Green wave was not strong enough to change the composition of the federal government.
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Laurent Bernhard
Laurent Bernhard is a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS), which is hosted by the University of Lausanne. His main research interests include populism, electoral research, direct democracy and asylum policies. [[email protected]]