Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland
The AUNS (Aktion für eine unabhängige und neutrale Schweiz "campaign for the independence and neutrality of Switzerland", in French Action pour une Suisse Indépendante et Neutre ASIN, in Italian Azione per una Svizzera neutrale e indipendente ASNI) is a right-wing, isolationist conservative political organization of Switzerland founded in 1986, formed out of the Aktionskomitee gegen den UNO-Beitritt "committee against UN membership".
The main purpose of the organization is the prevention of membership or close affiliation of Switzerland with the European Union. As of 2005, the AUNS claims a membership of 34'000.
The AUNS is closely associated with the Swiss People's Party (SVP). It was presided by Christoph Blocher form 1986 to 2003 and is strongly associated with Blocher's rise to a dominating figure in Swiss politics and the rise of right-wing populism orchestrated by SVP campaigns in the 1990s and 2000s. Since 2003, AUNS chairman has been Pirmin Schwander.