I wish we had such a backbone.
Swiss voters have agreed to expel foreigners convicted of crimes ranging from murder to welfare fraud, without appeal, in the latest example of a sweeping set of popular antiforeigner measures around Europe.
Some 53 percent of Swiss voted for a “Deportation Initiative” brought by the far-right Swiss People’s Party (SVP) a year after it engineered an initiative banning the building of minarets. Senior European Union officials decried a new “populist surge” on the continent.
Swiss voters were stirred by pro-deportation posters showing a white sheep kicking a black sheep off the map of Switzerland. The vote is a “first step … towards greater security,” SVP leaders said in a statement. The party appears to be in a strong position ahead of elections in 2011.
The vote to deport came over and against the views of many elected Swiss politicians, who seemed unable to rally against it.
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Swiss voters have agreed to expel foreigners convicted of crimes ranging from murder to welfare fraud, without appeal, in the latest example of a sweeping set of popular antiforeigner measures around Europe.
Some 53 percent of Swiss voted for a “Deportation Initiative” brought by the far-right Swiss People’s Party (SVP) a year after it engineered an initiative banning the building of minarets. Senior European Union officials decried a new “populist surge” on the continent.
Swiss voters were stirred by pro-deportation posters showing a white sheep kicking a black sheep off the map of Switzerland. The vote is a “first step … towards greater security,” SVP leaders said in a statement. The party appears to be in a strong position ahead of elections in 2011.
The vote to deport came over and against the views of many elected Swiss politicians, who seemed unable to rally against it.
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