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- 1Swiss voters reject curbs on neutrality in decisive verdict●How neutral should Switzerland be? Voters deliver a decisive verdict. Supporters of the proposal, led by the right-wing
Swiss voters have delivered a decisive verdict in a referendum on how strictly the country should interpret its long-standing neutrality. The right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) had backed the proposal, arguing that Switzerland had drifted too close to the European Union and NATO, especially since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The outcome settles, for now, a debate over whether neutrality should limit cooperation with Western partners.
- 2Swiss voters reject the neutrality initiative●Freue mich SEHR, dass die tapferen Schweizerinnen & Schweizer in der Volksabstimmung über die sog. "Neutralitätisinitiat
Swiss voters have clearly rejected the so-called neutrality initiative in a national referendum, delivering a defeat to supporters led by right-wing populist politician Christoph Blocher of the SVP. Commentators are calling the result a strong signal for Switzerland, saying the country chose not to enshrine stricter neutrality in its constitution. Reactions online are celebrating the outcome as a rebuff to pro-Russian or Kremlin-friendly positions within the Swiss debate.