Lukas Reimann (born 18 September 1982) is a Swiss politician. Reimann is a member of the

Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (, SVP; , PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (, UDC; , UDC), is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marcel Dettling, it is the largest party in ...

(SVP) and a National Council. He resides in Wil in the

Canton St. Gallen The canton of St. Gallen or St Gall ( ; ; ; ) is a canton of Switzerland. Its capital is St. Gallen. Located in northeastern Switzerland, the canton has an area of (5% of Switzerland) and a resident population close to half a million as of ...

Biography

In 2004, at the age of 21 years, Reimann was elected to the Council of States (Kantonsrat) for the Canton of St. Gallen. At the 2007 federal elections, he was elected to the National Council, and at the age of 25, he was at the time the youngest MP in the federal parliament. A fluent speaker of English, Reimann stood out early for fighting for a 2009 citizen's initiative with the aim to prohibit minarets in Switzerland. He has stated that for him "Islam does not belong to Switzerland", and he participated in the international

counter-jihad Counter-jihad (also known as the counter-jihad movement) is a self-titled Islamophobia, anti-Muslim political movement loosely consisting of authors, bloggers, think tanks, demonstrators, and other activists across the Western world. Proponents are ...

conference in Zurich in 2010. Reimann himself rates his own positions as radical-libertarian. Reimann became the president of the Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland in April 2014, after the last president, Pirmin Schwander stepped down for health reasons.We're Not The Only EU Skeptics
''Swissinfo'', May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014 In 2016, Reimann submitted a motion that would have withdrawn Switzerland's application for EU membership that was suspended in 1992. In March 2016, the National Council accepted Reimann's motion and voted to withdraw the application. The motion was passed by the Council of States and then by the Federal Council in June.

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External links

Official website

Official weblog

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