Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

Swiss government official

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In Swiss People’s Party
…and was replaced there by Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, from the party’s moderate wing. In protest, the party withdrew from the country’s governing coalition. By going into opposition, the party suspended Switzerland’s consensus style of government, which had been in effect since 1959. The withdrawal was only temporary, however: in 2008 a…
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