Swiss vote on tightening neutrality rules, ending peacetime cooperation with NATO
Opinion polls show 68% of voters oppose the proposal, which would bar sanctions and peacetime NATO cooperation.
- 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 majority of Swiss voters vote by mail, which explains why polling stations are only open on Sunday morning.
The Swiss vote on Sunday, 27 September, on an initiative that would introduce in the Constitution a stricter definition of the neutrality of the country. The proposal, supported by the nationalist right, would limit cooperation with military alliances and the possibility for Switzerland to impose sanctions on other states. The latest polls indicate a clear rejection, but the result of the vote is not yet established.
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