Swiss far-right People’s Party tipped for election success
Swiss voters have been taking to the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2044 to end what has been described as the country’s most aggressive parliamentary election campaign.
The right-wing People’s Party (SVP) is set to strengthen its position as Switzerland’s biggest party after focussing on worries about immigration and threats to the country’s enviable standard of living.
Analysts believe the SVP’s campaigns upholding Switzerland’s independence from the European Union and support for a tough stance on asylum have been effective.
But the party’s billionaire leader, Christoph Blocher, has severely strained ties within the ruling Federal Council.His party’s campaign poster featuring white sheep kicking out a black sheep has been blamed for http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1987 a riot.
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