Lukas Reimann

Lukas Reimann

Lukas Reimann (born 18 September 1982) is a conservative Swiss politician. Reimann is member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) and a National Council. He resides in Wil in the Canton St. Gallen. In 2004, at the age of 21 years, he was elected to the Council of States (Kantonsrat) for the Canton of St. Gallen. At the 2007 federal elections, he was elected to the Swiss Parliament (National Council of Switzerland). At the age of 25, he was at the time the youngest MP in the federal parliament.[1] A fluent speaker of English, Reimann stood out early for fighting for a citizen's initiative with the aim to prohibit minarets in Switzerland. Reimann himself rates his own positions as radical-libertarian.

Raimann 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.[1]

In 2016, Reimann submitted a motion that would have withdrawn Switzerland's application for EU membership that was suspended in 1992.[2] In March 2016, the Swiss National Council accepted Reimann's motion and voted to withdraw the application.[2][3][4] The motion was passed by the Council of States and then by the Federal Council in June.[5][6][7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 We're Not The Only EU Skeptics Swissinfo, May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014
  2. 1 2 "Swiss Lawmakers Vote to Pull Forgotten EU Application". The Local. March 2, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Tamara (March 2, 2016). "Now the Swiss Withdraw Their Bid to Join the EU: Nation's Parliament Retracts 24-Year-Old Bid to Become a Member Amid Deepening Row About Migration". Daily Mail. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ Alexe, Dan (March 2, 2016). "Switzerland Withdraws Its Old, Outdated EU Application". New Europe. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Swiss to Withdraw Dormant EU Bid". Swissinfo. June 15, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  6. ↑ By MailOnline Reporter. "Switzerland WITHDRAWS application to become a European Union member state | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  7. ↑ 16/06/2016 (1992-12-06). "Switzerland withdraws its application for EU membership". Lenews.ch. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  8. ↑ Schreckinger, Ben. "Switzerland withdraws application to join the EU – POLITICO". Politico.eu. Retrieved 2016-06-17.

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