Just how democratic is Switzerland?

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Jessica Dacey
Swiss direct democracy – up close and personal. Collecting signatures for an initiative to raise the motorway speed limit to 140km/h. swissinfo’s new direct democracy microsite. Bruno Kaufmann from people2power on why people should be excited about voting and the referendum in Scotland. Lukas Golder of gfs.bern on where the system needs to change.
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