Right-wing populists looked set to sweep Switzerland's general election as the votes were being counted Sunday following a campaign fuelled by anti-mass migration rhetoric and pledges to combat 'woke madness'.The polling stations closed at noon (1000 GMT), the vast majority...
Right-wing populists looked set to sweep Switzerland's general election as the votes were being counted Sunday following a campaign fuelled by anti-mass migration rhetoric and pledges to combat "woke madness".
"It's our chance and then we can't complain, we mustn't wail: we are asked for our opinion and so we give it." The Council of States, which represents the cantons that make up Switzerland, is dominated by the centre-right party The Centre, and the right-wing party called FDP.The Liberals.The first two seats went to The Centre -- one candidate elected unopposed and one elected earlier by "Landsgemeinde": a show of hands in the main square still used in the Appenzell Innerrhoden canton.
It's "New normal?" social media adverts, spotlighting criminal cases perpetrated by foreigners, plunged into a world of bloodied knives, hooded criminals, fists, bruised faces and frightened women.The SVP -- which is strongly anti-EU -- fiercely defends Switzerland's long-standing military neutrality and feels Bern pushed the principle too far by matching EU sanctions on Russia over its war in Ukraine.
Even though Switzerland remains one of the world's richest countries, with unemployment running at around two percent and a very high GDP per capita, the cost of living has also stolen the limelight from climate change, with inflation and surging health insurance costs hitting people's pockets.
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