Lukas Reimann (born 18 September 1982) is a Swiss politician. Reimann is a member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) and a National Council. He resides in Wil in the Canton St. Gallen.
Lukas Reimann | |
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| Member of the National Council | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2007 | |
| Constituency | St. Gallen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 September 1982 |
| Political party | Swiss People's Party |
Biography
editIn 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.[1]
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",[2] and he participated in the international counter-jihad conference in Zurich in 2010.[3] 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.[1]
In 2016, Reimann submitted a motion that would have withdrawn Switzerland's application for EU membership that was suspended in 1992.[4] In March 2016, the National Council accepted Reimann's motion and voted to withdraw the application.[4][5] The motion was passed by the Council of States and then by the Federal Council in June.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b We're Not The Only EU Skeptics Swissinfo, May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014
- ^ ""Nein, der Islam gehört nicht zur Schweiz"". Idea (in German). 21 November 2017.
- ^ Wäckerlig, Oliver (2014). Das Fanal von Wangen: Der Schweizer Minarettdiskurs - Ursachen und Folgen. Akademikerverlag. p. 214. ISBN 978-3-639-49757-1.
- ^ a b "Swiss Lawmakers Vote to Pull Forgotten EU Application". The Local. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Alexe, Dan (2 March 2016). "Switzerland Withdraws Its Old, Outdated EU Application". New Europe. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Swiss to Withdraw Dormant EU Bid". Swissinfo. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Switzerland withdraws its application for EU membership". Lenews.ch. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ Schreckinger, Ben (15 June 2016). "Switzerland withdraws application to join the EU". Politico.eu. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
External links
edit- Official website (in German)
- Official weblog (in German)
- Newspaper Portrait[permanent dead link]
- Biography of Lukas Reimann on the website of the Swiss Parliament. (German)
- Biography on the website of Cantonal Parliament of St. Gallen (in German)