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Last month, Switzerland, Pizol glacier, which has lost 80% of its volume since 2006, was in a "Funeral March "

Climate Change to The Top of the political agenda, and observers are eyeing a possible "Green tsunami" in the 20. October Elections.

for decades, Switzerland is dominated by the four main parties, The Swiss people's party, the Social Democrats , the FDP liberals and the Christian Democrats .

melt But as the glacier, The President of the Green Party youth wing sees a Chance.

"This is our year," says Maja house.

"It's a climate of crisis and for The Greens , this is a huge opportunity, because we have the answers to this problem: in 2019 will be the climate-elections. "

How big is The Green wave?

passed In the run-up to the vote, The Greens , the Christian Democrats in the opinion polls. If these polls translated into seats, the Christian Democrats ' place in Switzerland, the seven-member government looks shaky.

Including the fiscally conservative, Green , liberal, which is also the polling-well, Green is a significant force in the Parliament. Latest surveys, a combined 18% of the votes will give you a good second place.

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74out of the 751 seats in the European Parliament

20. 5% of the German votes in the may 2019 Euro elections

16%in the Finnish European vote

13. 5%in French EU vote.

14%, in the Austrian election on may 29. September

source: EP/ORF

But this choice is More Than just a rise in support for The Green parties. "There was a lot going on in Switzerland in The Last year," says Fabian Molina , who at the age of 29 years, she is already a member of Parliament for the Social Democrats .

"We had a women's strike, we had a climate strike want to change the people. "

In June of this year, hundreds of thousands of women from all over Switzerland took to The Streets to call for equal pay and working conditions and an end to the discrimination.

It was The Swiss Trades Union Federation, said the largest political demonstration in Switzerland had ever seen.

Throughout the year the climate strikes have taken place, culminating in a huge rally in Bern in September, with 100,000 people.

Climate Change could lead to the largest glacier in the Alps, the Aletsch glacier in Switzerland, will disappear by the end of The Century

The protests are a sign, says the political analyst Barbara Perriard, that the voters attracted, and some voters in particular.

"We have a lot more applications this year," she says. "An increase of 40% in The Last elections. And we have More Than 450 candidates who do not wish to participate the right to vote in 2015, so the young citizens is, in the policy. "

How has Climate Change influenced the young candidates?

Among the bystanders is the 21-year-old Alicia Badnod. For them, Climate Change and The Environment The Top Issues are.

Alicia Badnod is not available for The Green , but to put Climate Change at The Top of your agenda

it is not for The Greens , but as an independent because she believes that Young People have lost", - "hope in the mainstream parties".

Kelmy Martinez, 21, goes the other way.

BBCClimate has no boundaries, The Environment is global. This is not A Question of whether you are in France Or Germany, or Switzerland. You will be the face of the climate crisisKelmy Martinez
social democratic candidate

He also has climate at The Top of his political priorities, but he stands for the Social Democrats , in Switzerland, one of the oldest parties, and is currently the second largest in the Parliament.

striking is not that the key-problems, mobilized the voters in The Past , specifically the immigration and relations with the European Union , are easy to cut through with these Young People .

Alicia from recalls-setting up, during The Last elections in the year 2015, through the focus, especially from the right-wing Swiss people's party, on the dangers of immigration.

"It is easier to tell someone that you are scared," she explains, "And Then tell them we will disappear your fears, but the reality in Europe is now multi-cultural. "

Swiss populism on the decline?

The Swiss people's party remains the largest in Parliament. It has been used for over a decade on two core statements: restrictions on immigration and asylum seekers, and the limitation of the non-EU-member Switzerland's relations with Brussels

As President, Donald Trump 's former adviser Steve Bannon came to Zurich last year, he praised Switzerland, and The Swiss people's party, which as the cradle of populism. But this year, even among the older voters, other Issues seem more important to you: the cost of health care, pensions, and, again, Climate Change .

If the people's party presented an attention-grabbing poster campaign, showing a perfect Swiss red apple is eaten by worms, one of which carried a blue flag with Gold Stars of the EU, there was widespread criticism even within The Party .

Still, The Party , to retain the hope that a large share of the votes and has, as some would say, too late, come up with a policy on Climate Change , one that will appeal to their traditional supporters in the agriculture.

"What we believe would be good for the climate that people buy local," says Austrian MEP Andreas Ott. "And you can buy seasonal, this is one of the most important levers for The Swiss to reduce our climate footprint. "

Who will win?

When all the votes are counted on Sunday, there will, as always, in Switzerland, no win bet. The entire system is designed, says political scientist Andreas Ladner to give all views a voice, but not a single party too much Power .

The Green candidates have committed capital to The Swiss to worry about Climate Change

"If you want to understand The Swiss system, you need to know in this culture. We are a Small Country . We don't like strong leader. It is important to integrate it all, in government, in political responsibility. "

There are no Green tsunami, but then, if the polls are right, a decline in votes for The Swiss people's party, and an increase for The Greens .

Not a big overnight change, but a gradual shift toward more environmental policies. Many eager new members of the Parliament, and the old, have to work together, compromise. It is The Swiss way, and proposes, Andreas Ladner with a wry smile, it could be "an example for other countries".

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Source of news: bbc.com