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Wednesday, 21 March, 2012
Politicians slam idea of Swiss voting on global treaties
Swiss citizens already have more chances to have their say at the ballot box than anyone else in the world, thanks to their system of direct democracy. However if the Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland has its way, Swiss voters could be expressing their opinions even more. The group wants all sorts of international treaties to be subject automatically to referendum. Even so, political and business leaders are alarmed and have begun to mobilise ahead of a vote in June on the issue, as WRS’s Vincent Landon reports:
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