The Swiss Nationalist Party (, abbreviated to PNOS; , abbreviated to PNS; ) was a

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'' völkisch'' political party in Switzerland founded in 2000. It was classified as "

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" by the Swiss federal police in 2001. The party's course was initially imitating that of the 1930s National Front with a clearly

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ideology (dubbed " eidgenössisch-sozialistisch" by the PNOS) but has since been "modernized" in accordance with the vocabulary of Germany's ''

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''. The party was not represented in any cantonal parliament. Its activities were mostly confined to the

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-speaking parts of the

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Swiss plateau. It had one representative in the municipal parliament of

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(population 14,300), elected in 2004. In 2005, another member was elected to the municipal executive council of

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(population 1,100). They participated in the federal elections of 2011 in the

, gathering 0.3% of the popular vote (1,066 votes), less than a tenth of the votes required to win a seat in parliament. They also participated in

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, gathering a total of 132 votes (less than the 0.2% of the votes required to win a seat). In February 2017, the party invited Russian neo-nazi Denis Nikitin, to lead a martial arts education in Bettwiesen (Thurgau). PNO boss Lüthard said that he "knew nothing about the role of Nikitin as the alleged leader of the Russian thugs in Marseille". In February 2022, the party dissolved.

Federal elections

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External links

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Party website for the French-speaking part of Switzerland
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