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Switzerland is not a member of the EU, but it is completely surrounded by member states of the Union, with the exception of the small country of Liechtenstein.
Alplandet still participates in many ways in European cooperation. Through a series of bilateral agreements, it is, for example, part of Schengen cooperation that guarantees free movement. It also follows a series of EU laws and regulations that make it possible to be part of the Union’s internal market.
SVP Men, the right-wing nationalist party, which is the largest in the country’s parliament, believes that the EU is interfering too much in Switzerland’s internal affairs. Above all, the party thinks that immigration from EU countries is too great.
For this reason, SVP has promoted a referendum on the breaking of the agreements that the country has concluded with Brussels on free movement. The vote will take place on Sunday, September 27.
The election campaign has been tough and the arguments put forward by the Senior Vice President are not so reminiscent of the British Brexit campaign of four years ago. It warns that foreigners are taking jobs in Switzerland, driving up house prices and that some of them are criminals.
Sample of election posters a large denim covered buttocks with EU symbols sitting heavily in Switzerland, with the text “enough is enough!”
All other parties are campaigning for a no, with many pointing out that if one of the agreements with the EU is broken, hundreds of others will be threatened, which could have catastrophic consequences for Swiss industry.
Of course, the Union is by far Switzerland’s largest trading partner, but the Alpine country is also important to the EU: it is the fourth largest trade after the United States, China and the United Kingdom.
Now he still bows that the proposal loses. In the latest polls, the downside gets around 60 percent of the vote. But SVP has surprised us before and can benefit from having more motivated voters if turnout is low.
No less than 1.4 million of Switzerland’s 8.4 million inhabitants are EU citizens. They have reason to be concerned about a “schwexit.”
Like perhaps the 460,000 Swiss who live in EU countries.
