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Swiss to vote on whether to tighten neutrality, end peacetime cooperation with NATO
Supporters say the change would bar sanctions and NATO cooperation, while a recent poll showed 62% of voters opposed it.
- Swiss voters will decide in a September 27 referendum whether to approve a more restrictive form of neutrality that would block the country from imposing economic sanctions or cooperating with NATO.
- Christoph Blocher, a veteran politician with the right-wing SVP, claims the nation's 200-year neutrality is under threat after Switzerland imposed sanctions on Russia over its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis opposes the proposal, warning it would harm national security and prevent NATO training. "We'd only be able to issue verbal condemnations but take no concrete action," Cassis told a press conference.
- One recent poll shows 62% of voters oppose the proposal versus 36% in favor, though Russia's Maria Zakharova criticized current policy, stating, "In legal terms, 'flexible neutrality' means no neutrality at all."
- Franz Perrez, head of international law at the foreign ministry, states "Neutrality is clearly defined and understood around the world," while Laurent Goetschel of Basel University warned campaign posters may mislead voters unfamiliar with how neutrality applies.
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Swiss to vote on whether to tighten neutrality, end peacetime cooperation with NATO
Swiss voters will decide in a referendum next month whether to approve a more restrictive form of neutrality that would block their country from imposing economic sanctions or cooperating with NATO.
·London, United Kingdom
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On September 27, the citizens of Switzerland will decide in a referendum on a proposal for a stricter definition of the policy of neutrality, which would prohibit that country from introducing economic
·Novi Beograd, Serbia
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- 80% of the sources are Center
80% Center
C 80%
R 20%
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