Swiss vote on tightening neutrality rules, ending peacetime cooperation with NATO
Final polls showed 68% of voters opposed the initiative, which would bar Switzerland from joining NATO cooperation and most sanctions unless the United Nations approved them.
- On Sunday, Swiss voters decide whether to constitutionally mandate stricter neutrality that would block Switzerland from imposing economic sanctions or cooperating with NATO.
- The Swiss People's Party initiated the proposal, arguing that Switzerland's traditional neutrality eroded after Bern imposed sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
- Campaign posters across Switzerland urge voters to choose "No war, yes to neutrality," while billionaire businessman Christoph Blocher argues, "Switzerland has not had a war for 200 years because it is permanently armed and neutral."
- Opinion polls suggest voters will reject the measure, with 68% against and 31% in favour. Fabio Wasserfallen, a professor of European Politics at the University of Bern, noted voters generally support the current implementation of neutrality.
- While Swiss neutrality has been internationally recognized since the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815, specific government implementation remains legally undefined, making this referendum a pivotal moment for the country's foreign policy framework.
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The Swiss people are speaking out this weekend in a referendum on an initiative calling for a more strict neutrality of the country, a concept enshrined in the Constitution that does not prevent the country from taking measures to ensure its security.
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The majority of Swiss voters vote by mail, which explains why polling stations are only open on Sunday morning.
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