Swiss Politics
Switzerland: Europe's heart of darkness?
Switzerland is known as a haven of peace and neutrality. But today it is home to a new extremism that has alarmed the United Nations. Proposals for draconian new laws that target the country's immigrants have been condemned as unjust and racist. A poster campaign, the work of its leading political party, is decried as xenophobic. Has Switzerland become Europe's heart of darkness? By Paul Vallely
This is quite sad to read but not a total surprise, Switzerland seems to be competing with Poland for nutty behaviour.
It is a shame because I really enjoyed holidaying there a few years back, I adored the mountains of the Bernese Oberland and the efficient and clean trains.
This is one of the SVP's posters, not very subtle
Switzerland: Europe's heart of darkness?
Switzerland is known as a haven of peace and neutrality. But today it is home to a new extremism that has alarmed the United Nations. Proposals for draconian new laws that target the country's immigrants have been condemned as unjust and racist. A poster campaign, the work of its leading political party, is decried as xenophobic. Has Switzerland become Europe's heart of darkness? By Paul Vallely
This is quite sad to read but not a total surprise, Switzerland seems to be competing with Poland for nutty behaviour.
It is a shame because I really enjoyed holidaying there a few years back, I adored the mountains of the Bernese Oberland and the efficient and clean trains.
This is one of the SVP's posters, not very subtle
Labels: SVP, Switzerland, Xenophobia
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