The Patriotic Union (German: Vaterländische Union, VU) is a Christian democratic and liberal conservative political party in Liechtenstein. It is led by Jakob Büchel and has 12 members in the Landtag, an absolute majority in the current session. The Prime Minister, Klaus Tschütscher, is a member of the Patriotic Union, as are two Councilors.
Together with fellow centre-right party the Progressive Citizens' Party (FBP), the VU dominates Liechtenstein politics. The VU is the more liberal of the two parties, advocating constitutional monarchy and greater democracy.
Famous quotes containing the words patriotic and/or union:
“Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love the soil which makes their graves, but have no sympathy for the spirit which may still animate their clay. Patriotism is a maggot in their heads.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“At all events, as she, Ulster, cannot have the status quo, nothing remains for her but complete union or the most extreme form of Home Rule; that is, separation from both England and Ireland.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)