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In 1986, Blocher "led and financed" a campaign opposed to joining the [[United Nations]].<ref name="BBC"/> Blocher the successful, as over 75 percent of the Swiss population voted against joining.<ref name="Geschichte"/> After the referendum, on June 19, 1986, he and fellow National Councilor Otto Fischer, a member of the FDP, founded the [[Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland]] (AUNS), a conservative organization that supports complete Swiss political independence and direct democracy and opposes the erosion of Swiss sovereignty by international organizations.<ref name="Geschichte">{{cite web | title=Geschichte | url=http://auns.ch/ueber-uns/geschichte/ | publisher=''Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland official website'' | accessdate=October 8, 2016}}</ref> Blocher served as the president of AUNS from its foundation until his election to the Federal Council in 2003.<ref name="Geschichte"/><ref>{{cite web | last1=Kuenzi | first1=Renat | title=‘We’re Not the Only EU Sceptics’ | url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/conservative-pressure-group_-we-re-not-the-only-eu-sceptics-/38582264 | date=May 15, 2014 | publisher=''[[Swissinfo]]'' | accessdate=April 1, 2016 | quote=Lukas Reimann took over the presidency in April 2014 from 52-year-old Pirmin Schwander, who himself had taken over from Blocher in 2004.}}</ref><ref name="Timeline">{{cite web|url=http://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline/latest/embed/index.html?source=0As5Cu9wUGtlAdGhFakdiT2ZnekJROERCSzEyOFBiTUE |title=TimelineJS Embed |website=Cdn.knightlab.com |accessdate=April 2, 2016}}</ref>

In 1986, Blocher "led and financed" a campaign opposed to joining the [[United Nations]].<ref name="BBC"/> Blocher the successful, as over 75 percent of the Swiss population voted against joining.<ref name="Geschichte"/> After the referendum, on June 19, 1986, he and fellow National Councilor Otto Fischer, a member of the FDP, founded the [[Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland]] (AUNS), a conservative organization that supports complete Swiss political independence and direct democracy and opposes the erosion of Swiss sovereignty by international organizations.<ref name="Geschichte">{{cite web | title=Geschichte | url=http://auns.ch/ueber-uns/geschichte/ | publisher=''Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland official website'' | accessdate=October 8, 2016}}</ref> Blocher served as the president of AUNS from its foundation until his election to the Federal Council in 2003.<ref name="Geschichte"/><ref>{{cite web | last1=Kuenzi | first1=Renat | title=‘We’re Not the Only EU Sceptics’ | url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/conservative-pressure-group_-we-re-not-the-only-eu-sceptics-/38582264 | date=May 15, 2014 | publisher=''[[Swissinfo]]'' | accessdate=April 1, 2016 | quote=Lukas Reimann took over the presidency in April 2014 from 52-year-old Pirmin Schwander, who himself had taken over from Blocher in 2004.}}</ref><ref name="Timeline">{{cite web|url=http://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline/latest/embed/index.html?source=0As5Cu9wUGtlAdGhFakdiT2ZnekJROERCSzEyOFBiTUE |title=TimelineJS Embed |website=Cdn.knightlab.com |accessdate=April 2, 2016}}</ref>

Due to Blocher's influence, the SVP started shifting to the right, opposing Swiss integration into the globalist and socialistic EU.<ref name="BBC"/><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Switzerland/World-War-I-and-economic-crisis Recent developments - Switzerland]. ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved October 8, 2016.</ref> Because it was the only major party that took real conservative positions, it rose quickly in popularity, reaching 22.5% in 1999 and over 29% in 2015.

Blocher caused the SVP to adopt conservative positions.<ref name="Troxler2017">{{cite web | last1=Troxler | first1=Irène | title=Vom Milchpreis zum Messerstecher-Plakat | url=https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/hundert-jahre-zuercher-svp-vom-milchpreis-zum-messerstecher-plakat-ld.152019 | date=20 March 2017 | publisher=''[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]'' | accessdate=21 March 2017}}</ref> His newly-conservative Zürich chapter of the party won out in the struggle against the moderate Bern-chapter.<ref name="Troxler2017"/> Due to Blocher's influence, the SVP started shifting to the right, opposing Swiss integration into the globalist and socialistic EU.<ref name="BBC"/><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Switzerland/World-War-I-and-economic-crisis Recent developments - Switzerland]. ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved October 8, 2016.</ref> Because it was the only major party that took real conservative positions, it rose quickly in popularity,<ref name="Troxler2017"/> reaching 22.5% in 1999 and over 29% in 2015.

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