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The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (German: Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP; French: Parti démocrate-chrétien, PDC; Italian: Partito Popolare Democratico, PPD; Romansh: Partida cristiandemocratica Svizra , PCD) was a Christian-democratic political party in Switzerland. On January 1, 2021, the party merged with the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP) to form The Center, which will operate at the federal level. The party will continue to exist at the cantonal level as individual local and regional parties determine their status.
Its 28 seats in the National Council and 13 seats in the Council of States merged into the new party as has its single seat . It has one seat on the Swiss Federal Council, which was held by Viola Amherd.
The party was founded as the Catholic Conservative Party in 1912. The party peaked in the 1950s, having three members of the Federal Council (1954–58) before agreeing to the Magic formula. It adopted its current name in 1970. From 1979 to 2003, the party's vote declined, mostly in the favour of the Swiss People's Party, and the party was reduced to one Federal Councillor at the 2003 election.
The party sits in the centre to centre-right of the political spectrum, advocating Christian democracy, the social market economy, and moderate social conservatism. The party was strongest in Catholic rural areas, particularly Central Switzerland and Valais.

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