Amaudruz has consistently backed Swiss People’s Party positions
Thursday 15th October 2026 on 11:15 in
Switzerland
Céline Amaudruz, a Swiss People’s Party (SVP) lawmaker running for a seat on Switzerland’s Federal Council, has repeatedly supported her party’s positions, according to SRF’s review of her parliamentary record. The 47-year-old Geneva politician announced her candidacy to succeed Parmelin.
Amaudruz has served on the National Council since 2011 and sits on its committees for economic affairs and taxation, and for social security and health. She studied law and works as a wealth manager. She has two young daughters, a detail that has drawn media attention in connection with her candidacy.
Her votes during the autumn 2026 session largely followed the SVP line. She backed retaining a reduced VAT rate for accommodation, supported a free trade agreement between the EFTA states and Mercosur, and argued that army procurement should be funded from the regular federal budget.
During a special session on the EU and asylum, she supported stripping dual nationals of citizenship in cases involving terrorism and serious crimes, and opposed a proposal to increase the integration of asylum seekers. She also backed tightening asylum policy for Afghan women seeking protection in Switzerland.
Her longer-term record points to similar positions. Smartmonitor put her party unity at 95.9 per cent, while her answers to the 2023 Smartvote survey showed right-wing positions on social welfare and family policy, health, migration and integration. She opposed mandatory vaccination for children and a sugar tax, and wanted to limit the Federal Council’s powers during pandemics. She also opposed easing naturalisation requirements, asylum procedures outside Europe, voting rights for foreign nationals and closer ties with the EU. She supported allowing new nuclear power plants to be built.
In 2017, as the MeToo movement reached the Federal Parliament, Amaudruz told the press that she had experienced inappropriate gestures and assaults by another member of parliament. She did not name the person, saying it was a private matter.
Her latest parliamentary motion calls for an incentive programme for legumes. She also proposed using tariffs to make imported legumes more expensive.