Cluster: Swiss Abroad

Swiss split on military system

This content was published on Aug 22, 2000 The annual survey on Swiss public attitudes to security issues, commissioned by the defence ministry, showed that while 80 percent of the population were still firmly in favour of neutrality they were split on the military model best designed to guarantee this. The poll also found that for the first time since the surveys began…

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Deiss hosts annual meeting of Swiss ambassadors

This content was published on Aug 21, 2000 In his opening speech, Deiss told the 118 ambassadors assembled in Berne of the need for Switzerland to play an active role on the international stage. “Switzerland can play many different roles in world affairs. Foreign policy is concerned with humanitarian aid, human rights and commerce,” Deiss said. He stressed the need for Switzerland’s foreign…

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Swiss Abroad congress calls for open mindedness and flexibility

This content was published on Aug 20, 2000 Speakers at the meeting in town of Zug praised the high quality of Switzerland’s education system, but underlined the need to introduce changes. Otherwise, they said, Switzerland risked losing its position in the world. Two panels of politicians and experts on Saturday warned that reforms were overdue to improve coordination among the country’s different school…

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Deiss campaigns for Swiss membership of the United Nations

This content was published on Aug 20, 2000 Deiss used his role as host of the Hornusserfest in Frauenfeld as a platform to persuade participants that Switzerland’s neutrality would not be compromised. Deiss compared the political issue with the traditional game. He argued that because Switzerland was not a full member of the international body, it could not play a full role on…

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Right wing People’s Party votes to curb number of foreigners

This content was published on Aug 19, 2000 The Swiss people will vote on a proposed tax on non-renewable energy and a move to limit the number of foreigners to 18 per cent. At the party conference in Geneva, 151 People’s Party delegates voted for a “yes” vote to the people’s initiative to restrict immigration to 18 per cent, while 109 voted against.…

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Political parties announce positions on upcoming referenda

This content was published on Aug 19, 2000 The Swiss people will vote on a proposed tax on non-renewable energy and a move to limit the number of foreigners to 18 per cent. At their delegate meeting in canton Vaud, the Radical Party voted to reject the people’s initiative calling for a ceiling on the number of foreigners in Switzerland. One hundred and…

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Radical Party rejects initiative to reduce immigration

This content was published on Aug 19, 2000 At their delegate meeting in canton Vaud, they voted overwhelmingly in favour of a no-vote in the September 24 referendum. One hundred and eighty six delegates voted for a no-vote while just seven votes were placed in support of the initiative. Vreni Spoerry, a member of the Senate, said that due to economic reasons, the…

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Politicial parties do battle over raising the age of retirement

This content was published on Aug 19, 2000 Durrer strongly criticised the proposal put forward by the federal counsellor, Franz Steinegger, to raise the age from from 65 to 66 as “socially intolerable.” “The Christian Democrats will counter all attempts to raise the age of retirement in the eleventh revision of AVS (the state pension scheme),” Durrer told party delegates at the assembly…

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Radical Party revises retirement proposal following pressure

This content was published on Aug 19, 2000 Speaking at his party’s conference on Saturday, he revealed that a compromise had been reached with the party’s leadership. They agreed that the financial demands of an ageing population made some form of revision to the current state pension necessary. The Radical Party made clear their opposition to any increase in Value Added Tax to…

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Swiss Abroad to increase presence at home

This content was published on Aug 18, 2000 The president of the Swiss Abroad, Georg Stucky, said the Swiss expatriate community had an increasingly important role to play. “Every year, an additional 10,000 Swiss opt to live outside their country of origin”, Stucky said in his opening address to the 100 delegates. The meeting unanimously came out in favour of Switzerland joining the…

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