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Swiss voters reject tighter neutrality rules in referendum

Original: "Swiss voters reject tighter neutrality rules that would have curbed NATO cooperation" # Politics https://www. reuters.c

Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to tighten the country's constitutional neutrality rules, which would have ended peacetime cooperation with NATO. The result keeps Switzerland's existing policy of neutrality intact while allowing continued military cooperation with the Western alliance. Observers are watching the outcome closely given Switzerland's long tradition of neutrality and the current European security climate.

Why now: Switzerland's neutrality and its relationship with NATO are politically sensitive amid the war in Ukraine and shifting European security debates.

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