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Federal Democratic Union (EDU / UDF), Switzerland

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[PDC, Switzerland] image by M. Schmöger, 30 November 2016


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EDU (Eidgenössisch-Demokratische Union)
UDF (Union Démocratique Fédérale)
UDF (Unione Democratica Federale)
(Federal Democratic Union, literally: Confederate Democratic Union)

The EDU is a small right-conservative, evangelical party. It currently has 2 seats in the 200-seat lower chamber of the Swiss Parliament (Nationalrat = National Council), forming a parliamentary group together with the EVP.
M. Schmöger, 28 November 2006

The flag is vertical, with a square white field at the top, containing the party logo and party names in three languages; the bottom part is red with a large white Swiss cross towards the bottom [1,2,3]. The logo itself consists of a vertical red field with a Swiss cross accompanied on both sides by the party abbreviations "EDU" and "UDF".

[1] [expired link], picture
[2] [expired link], picture
[3] http://files.newsnetz.ch/story/2/3/0/23095795/4/topelement.jpg, picture

M. Schmöger, 30 November 2015