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	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		Swiss citizens will vote in referendum on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004 to decide on government proposals to relax the laws on naturalization.
		Projections by public broadcaster SRG-SSR based on a partial count showed 56 percent of voters against plans to give citizenship to Swiss-born grandchildren of migrants, and a narrower 51 percent no vote in a separate poll on easing the rules for foreigners raised and schooled here.
		The Swiss have dubbed that split the "roestigraben," or "hash-brown divide," because the dish is so common in German-speaking Switzerland and less popular in French-speaking regions.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=24850 (298 words)

	World News & Prophecy > November 2003 > Politics Not as Usual! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		People are tired of politics and politicians—put a famous celebrity up for election and people will vote for him, even if he has no experience (perhaps because he has no experience!).
		The Swiss Peoples' Party (SVP) is an anti-immigrant party that has gained public confidence in recent years, at the expense of the left-leaning Social Democrats.
		Although some people are moving to the West out of fear for their lives, most make the move to advance themselves economically.
	www.ucg.org /wnp/wnp0311/politicsusual.htm (1215 words)

	Swiss Gun Laws
		The Swiss Militia also inspired American revolutionaries from John Adams to Patrick Henry and served as the model for the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
		In England and Wales, where handguns are totally banned and few people are allowed to own rifles or shotguns, the murder rate was 68 percent higher, the rape rate 188 percent higher, and the robbery rate a staggering 493 percent higher.
		After Jan. 1, 1999, Swiss concealed-handgun owners were required to have a permit and had to demonstrate to the authorities that they needed a weapon to protect themselves or others against a precise danger.
	johnrlott.tripod.com /swissgunlaws.html (1335 words)

	EFGP : Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The trilingual Swiss Green Party celebrated its 20th anniversary in May 2003, although many of the cantonal parties that form the Federation of the Swiss Greens were actually founded in the 1970s, especially in French-speaking Switzerland.
		In the meantime the Swiss Greens have established themselves as the fifth largest party in the country; the 4 bigger parties are presently represented in the national governing body (the Bundesrat).
		Although the Swiss Greens had the highest increase of votes of the middle-left parties, the big winner unfortunately was the right-wing People's Party, which with a gain of 11 seats has become the strongest party in Swiss history since 60 years, now holding 55 of the 200 seats in the Nationalrat.
	www.europeangreens.org /peopleandparties/members/switzerland.html (972 words)

	Migration Information Source - Switzerland Faces Common European Challenges
		At the same time that people were leaving Switzerland, the country became a destination for Italians who were recruited for the major infrastructure projects of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, most notably in the railroad sector.
		People who have resided in Switzerland for 12 years — the years spent between the completed 10th and 20th years are counted double for this purpose — may apply for naturalization.
		Swiss citizenship is only acquired by those applicants who, after obtaining the federal naturalization permit, have also been naturalized by their communities and cantons.
	www.migrationinformation.org /Profiles/display.cfm?id=284 (4373 words)

	1996 Country Commercial Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Swiss producers, particularly those in Alpine and other difficult zones, are highly supported, with approximately 70 percent of gross farm income attributable to government intervention.
		Swiss importers were able to earn higher profit margins on beef from low-cost countries and preferred not to import relatively high-priced U.S. beef, because they could not earn the highest profit margins.
		Swiss importers are normally cooperative in informing the exporter of Swiss requirements, and in assisting in meeting those requirements from the Swiss side.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /erc/economics/commercial_guides/Switzerland.html (18523 words)

	Comparative Federal Models
		Eriterian people organised a plebiscite to separate from Ethiopia in 1993 under international supervision and won the plebiscite in favour of separation.
		The Swiss federal constitution was adopted in 1848 and it was revised substantially in 1874.
		Swiss people organised themselves as a federal people after centuries of existing as a confederation.
	www.tamilnation.org /conflictresolution/tamileelam/02bhaskaradas.htm (3668 words)

	War Devaluation - FXMessage
		This occurred in 1995 pushing the Swiss franc up to a high of almost 90 cents to the dollar, which, of course, was bad for Swiss exports and tourism so therefore part of the reason for the linkage.
		To be very frank, this Swiss establishment sell-out of much that has made Switzerland the envy of the world (except for other national political leaders and financial competitors) and home to 35% of the world's private wealth according to many experts, certainly hasn't worked to date.
		All one has to do is look at the carnage of the bankruptcy of Swiss Air, the weak Swiss currency and the many merged Swiss banks to see that their attempt to emulate those in the European Union and the United States has failed to date.
	www.oanda.com /products/msgboard/ubb/Forum16/HTML/000887.html (1699 words)

	Behind the Headlines
		As I pointed out in a column on the recent electoral triumph on the pro-market, anti-EU, Freedom Party of Austria, the alleged "racism" of the Freedom Party was based on their opposition to immigration – a view also held by the majority of Americans.
		The Swiss must be made to pay for the unforgivable sin of remaining a beacon of peace and a haven of relative prosperity and freedom in an era dominated by totalitarianism and war.
		It is the same crusade against "isolationism," albeit from a European angle: the evil Swiss "isolationists" will not be a doormat for the EU and will not abase themselves before the guardians of international political correctness for having successfully maintained their neutrality during World War II.
	www.antiwar.com /justin/j110399.html (1980 words)

	International Market Research - CH 03 Political Environment - Switzerland CCG 2004 Update
		In the wake of the Swiss voters' rejection of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement in 1992, the Swiss federal government set its sights on negotiating bilateral sector agreements with the European Union.
		Swiss political leaders say the country’s main objectives in the UN include civilian peace operations, supporting human rights, environmental protection, and sustainable development.
		On December 10, 2003 the parliament narrowly elected Christoph Blocher of the right-populist Swiss Peoples Party (SVP) in the cabinet at the expense of the incumbent former CVP Justice Minister Ruth Metzler.
	strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr126220e.html (1259 words)

	International Market Research - Switzerland Country Commercial Guide FY 2003 - Political Environment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Swiss federal government is committed to EU membership as a long term goal but a March 2001 vote showed that over 70 % of the voters reject rapid steps toward EU membership and the issue appears to be shelved for several years.
		In the coalition are three center-right parties- Free Democrats, Christian Peoples' Party and Swiss Peoples' Party- and the left-of-center Social Democrats.
		In recent years the three largest parties in terms of popular vote have been the Free Democrats, Christian Peoples', and Social Democrats and, therefore, each received two Federal Council seats with the Swiss Peoples' Party receiving one.
	strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr107126e.html (1056 words)

	HindustanTimes.com
		A urinating man and ballot papers showing images of tortured Iraqis are among the ingredients of an exhibition by Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn which savages democracy in his country.
		The SVP threw its weight behind a bill to slash 1 million Swiss francs (450,000 pounds) in funding to Pro Helvetia, the state-backed cultural body which supported the exhibition and has a budget of 34 million francs for 2005.
		But the lower house rejected the motion with a slim majority on December 13, as greens and socialists rallied behind the cultural body saying a funding cut would equate to censorship.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/peeing/9.htm (191 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The right-wing Swiss Peoples Party warned of “Islamizing” Luzern, portraying its famous tower as a minaret.
		The Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) cited in a recent study the success story of teaching Islam in schools in the two cities of Kriens and Ebikon, central Switzerland, in the 2002/03 school year.
		In 2004, Swiss Muslims withstood media onslaught, demonstrating to the public that they were an integral part of society.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2005-02/19/article04.shtml (703 words)

	Swiss elections: End of political consensus? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Swiss Peoples Party, run by the billionaire industrialist owner of chemical plants and right-wing populist Christoph Blocher, will hold 55 of the 200 seats in the Swiss parliament and has thus taken over from the Social Democrats, which were the largest fraction until now.
		Traditionally, the composition of the National Council (i.e., the Swiss government) is not determined by the strongest party or a parliamentary coalition.
		The basis for this all-party coalition was postwar prosperity, which made it possible to tie the working class to the state through reforms and concessions.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/nov2003/swit-n11_prn.shtml (1509 words)

	Has Switzerland Sold Out to Washington, London, & Wall Street?
		I didn't at the time and continue to feel that this was not a major factor in the strength of the Swiss franc for two reasons.
		This extraordinary strength of the dollar would have made the Swiss franc fall in comparison in either case but was made far worse with the Swiss National Banks’ (their central bank) decision to peg the Swiss franc to the new Euro currency.
		Now to be fair, part of the reason for this unofficial linkage was the fear in Swiss financial circles that a weak Euro could mean a run on the Euro, loss of confidence in the new “One Europe” currency and a flood of foreign money into the Swiss franc.
	www.escapeartist.com /efam31/holland.html (1982 words)

	Dhimmi Watch: Swiss Voters Reject Relaxed Citizenship Rules
		That party appealed to anti-Muslim sentiment among voters by suggesting the proposed rules would create an Islamic majority by mid-century.
		Citizens intent on the overthrow of the government and Constitution by any means, including the flooding of the country with people subservient to a foreign ideology, have to be stripped of their citizenship and removed.
		In Denmark and Norway, Muslim immigrant parents send their kids to their former homelands (primarily Pakistan and Somalia) to be "re-educated" in order to avoid their integration in their European homelands; the kids are sent to Koran schools which prepare the girls for arranged marriages and the boys for jihad.
	www.jihadwatch.org /dhimmiwatch/archives/003353.php (1994 words)

	Three questions by "Yedioth Yhronoth"
		The negotiations between the Swiss banks and the Jewish organisations in the United States concern only the banks and are not political.
		Granted, many Swiss did not like the flmailing manner employed in the demand for money by the World Jewish Congress, the name of which gives the erroneous impression that all Jews stand behind it.
		The Swiss Peoples' Party speaks out clearly against every form of anti-Semitism, racism and right-wing extremism.
	www.blocher.ch /en/artikel/991025questions.htm (369 words)

	Swiss Elections: End of Political Consensus? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The rise of the pro-White Swiss Peoples Party (SVP) to the biggest fraction in parliament threatens to break up the system of collective party government that has been in practice since 1959, reports Marianne Arens for WSWS.
		“The polarisation between the left and right wing was most extreme among young people entitled to vote for the first time.” Twenty-eight percent of this group voted for the center-left Social Democrats, while 26 percent voted for the pro-White SVP.
		The Swiss Peoples Party, run by populist Christoph Blocher, who has pro-White sympathies, will hold 55 of the 200 seats in the Swiss parliament and has thus taken over from the Social Democrats, which were the largest fraction until now.
	www.nationalvanguard.org /story.php?id=1195 (401 words)

	All The Way - November, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Haider's party recently became the second largest political force in Austria, running on a patriotic platform of support for working people, opposition to third-world immigration and independence from internationalist entanglements.
		When Overstreet, a former Republican nominee for state legislator, wrote to Buchanan objecting to a rabbi being used to open a meeting, he was dropped from an e-mail list with a terse rebuke from Buchanan's "Internet operator." The operator, reportedly a confidant of columnist William Buckley, has since departed.
		"Right-thinking people should not allow tactics of divide-and-conquer to be used against us." Nationalists, who do not endorse candidates or take part in campaigns, say that if Reagan could meet with Billy Graham and discuss religion, Buchanan ought to meet with Overstreet and discuss Nationalism.
	www.nationalist.org /ATW/1999/nov.html (5329 words)

	The rise of Europe's extreme right (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The progress party is a party that appeals to Christian conservatives with a libertarian bent.
		What remains is a very popular party (first or second, depending on the poll), with libertarian core principles, a sensible suspicion of multiculturalism, and a leadership with populist instincts.
		A government of the people, by the people and for the people is totally alien to them.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1132908/posts (5267 words)

	How Is The Swiss Peoples Party Doing So Far? - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		How Is The Swiss Peoples Party Doing So Far?
		I believe they got the majority vote in parliament, but as far as I have read that does not mean they will have an easy time changing anything due to the peculiar way Swiss democracy is organized.
		They are currently looking if other right-wing parties will follow them or join the Social democrats' side.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=109784 (494 words)

	Don't Panic! The Far Right's Rise is Just a Historical Blip
		It is the considered opinion of many Austrians that his strange career is all but over, and that his party is in the process of being cut down to size.
		In Switzerland, Christoph Blocher, the billionaire leader of the Swiss Peoples party, lost his campaign to stop Switzerland joining the UN.
		This is particularly the case when mainstream parties show a degree of muscle wastage, largely due to economic changes eroding their traditional constituencies.
	www.commondreams.org /views02/0510-05.htm (1270 words)

	43rd Annual International Studies Association Convention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Of course Mexican corporatism has long been nested within the one-party PRI domination, and the emergence of PAN and other opposition parties has itself shaken the foundations of corporatist organization in the Mexican state and society.
		As political parties compete for new voters whose issues differ from those in the traditional neo-corporatist franchise, party allegiance has declined and there have been some remarkably surprising election results.
		The traditional pro-union parties lost labor support for several reasons but most notably due to their relative inability to reconcile the emergence of post-industrial and post-material interests within their coalition frameworks based on the traditional neo-corporatist relationships.
	www.isanet.org /noarchive/psadams2.html (13038 words)

	Success of Freedom Party and SVP Noted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"Like Joerg Haider's Freedom Party in neighboring Austria, the SVP [Swiss Peoples Party] has made big gains in the past decade, garnering support -- amid claims of racism -- with a populist platform of tough asylum rules and an anti-European Union stance," writes Reuters.
		Both the Freedom Party and the Swiss Peoples Party have been noted for their anti-immigration platforms and their attraction to White activists.
		Observers note that a considerable fraction of the rank-and-file membership of these parties -- and even some party officials in private conversation -- are considerably more radical and more racial than the party platforms themselves.
	www.nationalvanguard.org /story.php?id=768 (287 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Islamabad, Aug. 6: A day after Swiss judge Daneal Devoud handed a six month suspended prison sentence and a fine of $11 million on Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari on graft charges, the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) rejected the ruling as politically motivated.
		Fehim added that the party will fight this ruling and petition the Swiss attorney general to review the judgment.
		Devoud found Bhutto, Zardari and their Swiss lawyer guilty of money laundering and receving bribes from two Swiss firms in return for contracts.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030807/asp/foreign/story_2241519.asp (189 words)

	Divide and Scamper, by J.P. Zmirak
		These conflicts were driven by internal forces indigenous to Europe, not imposed by outside powers hungry for its natural resources and afraid of its aggression.
		If the peoples of the Arab world are to follow the West down the garden path from the Koran to "Sex and the City," they’ll have to do so on their own, and not at the point of a bayonet.
		J.P. Zmirak is author of Wilhelm Röpke: Swiss Localist, Global Economist, a life of the anti-Nazi activist and classical liberal economist who guided the post-war economic miracle in Germany.
	www.antiwar.com /orig/zmirak4.html (1505 words)

	West European Politics: The Swiss elections of October 2003: two steps to system change?@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As in 1999, the results of the Swiss elections came as something of a shock to the many observers who expected only limited changes (Church 2000).
		On the one hand there was another exceptional surge by the right-wing Swiss Peoples' Party (SVP/UDC).
		On the other hand, the temperature was further raised by the immediate and dramatic nomination of the SVP's key figure, Christoph Blocher, to be the party's second member of the seven-strong government.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:119572926&refid=holomed_1 (235 words)

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