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Senate favours stop to sham marriages

This content was published on May 26, 2009 Parliamentarians passed the motion with a vote of 27-12, despite opposition from the political left, which argued that such legislation would put the constitutional right to marry in danger. The law has already gained the support of the House of Representatives. During the debate on Tuesday, Maximilian Reimann, from the rightwing Swiss People’s Party, said…